Psychologist named the main levers of pressure of telephone scammers

Phone scammers are trying to push the pain points of their victims: a sense of security, anxiety for loved ones, desire to get easy money and curiosity. Psychologist Maria Pavlova told about it on Friday, December 13.

She noted that phone scammers understand people's psychology well, so in order to get their personal data or make them transfer money, they constantly push them, saying that time is limited and it is necessary to make decisions quickly.

"Another motive is the curiosity of users. Fraudsters may offer to install some applications or follow a link to get access to your data," the specialist told Lenta.Ru.

The psychologist specified that they can pretend to be employees of banks, public services, Internet companies to induce trust and say that they need personal data for their protection. Fraudsters are also able to play on the desire to get a big prize: they make tempting mailings and ask to go to their site.

Pavlova reminded that in order not to fall for fraudsters' tricks, one should always be attentive to calls from unknown numbers, and it is better to ignore suspicious links and messages.

She recommended to always ask clarifying questions, be calm and behave confidently: such behavior usually scares off scammers.

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Earlier in the day it became known that scammers began to deceive Russians, offering earnings by reactions to online shopping posts in the messenger Telegram, RT reports.

The scammers, posing as Yandex employees, offer easy earnings, 360.ru reports. So, after accepting the offer, they ask for the user's age and promise to contact him through the manager for further instructions. Payouts are promised after completing the task, according to the website kp.ru.

After the first easy tasks, the victim is transferred a small amount of money to a bank card. Then come more complex tasks, for which the user must spend his funds: he is asked to buy back some goods and send confirmation of the transfer. Fraudsters promise to return the money with interest, but do not do it.

Earlier in the day, criminal investigation officers detained an 18-year-old Muscovite suspected of stealing a large sum of money through fraud, reports the agency of city news "Moscow".

December 8, the group of companies (GC) "Garda" reported that in Telegram growing cases of fraud with the creation of fake accounts-doubles. It was noted that profiles can look identical to those belonging to friends, colleagues and relatives.