Chita resident gave more than 1.2 million rubles to fraudsters

In Chita, the police are conducting an investigation into a fraud, the victim of which was a local resident. The woman transferred over 1.2 million roubles to unauthorized accounts.

According to the victim, who works as a cleaner, she received a call from an "employee of the social fund". He said that the woman allegedly needed to recalculate her work record, and for this she should be put in the electronic queue. The Chita woman agreed to dictate the code from the SMS message. Then she was contacted by an alleged representative of the portal "Gosuservices". He convinced the woman that outsiders have accessed her accounts, so she needs to transfer money to a "safe" account. This is reported by IA ChitaMedia.

Over the past week, residents of the Trans-Baikal Territory lost more than 13 million rubles because of fraudsters.

In St. Petersburg, a pensioner gave more than 34 million rubles to fraudsters. The swindlers threatened the woman that she would face criminal liability for allegedly transferring money to Ukraine.