Lawyer names documents of Russians of interest to fraudsters

Fraudsters may be interested in loan agreements and any information from the personal account of the taxpayer of Russians. Lawyer and bankruptcy expert Evgenia Bondar of the Financial and Legal Alliance warned of this.

According to the specialist, using these documents, attackers can pretend to be bailiffs.

"It is convenient for fraudsters to present themselves as bailiffs: firstly, it is a public service, it is more trustworthy, and secondly, it is also a service that deals with debts, so the fact that they demand money, does not look something strange. Various options of interaction with the victim can be used: as a rule, it is sending letters to e-mail, phone calls and messengers," - said the lawyer in a conversation with Lenta.Ru.

Bondar noted that the risk is particularly exposed to those who already have debts, reports 360.ru. In addition, banks often cede debts, collectors change, so fraudsters who present themselves as bailiffs, collectors or employees of banking services, may not arouse suspicion.

She called double-checking information in the database of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSPP) on enforcement proceedings the best way to guard against such deception.

"The most important thing is to remember that government agencies do not call or email. It is the calls that are most dangerous, as the task of the fraudster is not to give you time to check the information. In such a case, it is better to hang up immediately," the lawyer concluded.

Earlier in the day, Mikhail Sheremet, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, proposed to ban services for "masking" phone numbers, RT reports.

According to the deputy, quite often fraudsters use various systems and services that disguise their phone numbers as foreign ones to deceive citizens.

In turn, Sergey Kuzmenko, head of the Center for Digital Expertise of Roskachevo, told about a new scheme of scammers for the Defender of the Fatherland Day. He noted that attackers create fake websites that offer attractive prices or unique offers to lure the victim and get his bank card details.

On February 20, three young men were detained in the capital, who took about 22 million rubles from five pensioners on the instructions of telephone fraudsters. This was reported to the agency of city news "Moscow" in the press service of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the capital.