Russians were warned about a fraudulent scheme with intercoms

"Fraudsters disguised as employees of an intercom company inform the victim that the equipment in the entrance has been replaced. To access the new intercom, you allegedly need a code from SMS messages from Gosuslug. In fact, the code is needed to log into an account or reset an account password, create a new one and commit illegal actions," said Pavel Kovalenko, director of the holding company, in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

According to experts, when accessing an account on Gosuslugi, attackers can gain access to banking applications, verify their identity in microfinance organizations with an account, and apply to the Federal Register for registration of ownership rights.

Informzashchita advised following a few simple rules. First, do not tell anyone the codes from SMS messages from Gosuslug and other applications. Secondly, use two-factor authentication, which makes it difficult for intruders to access accounts. Thirdly, ignore messages and calls from strangers, since, with a high degree of probability, these are scammers.

Analysts of the holding clarified that at the beginning of 2025, only in About 300 similar incidents were recorded in Moscow. Reports of the use of a new deception scheme were also recorded in other regions of central Russia.

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The day before, the press service of the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported that the attackers had adapted fraudulent schemes for the younger generation, and now their target was href="https://iz.ru/1844870/2025-02-25/v-mvd-predupredili-o-novoi-skheme-moshennichestva-na-gosuslugakh " target="_blank">getting access to an account on Gosuslugi, transfers IA Regnum.

According to the agency, scammers call students and students in order to allegedly check the data or register in the service and ask them to name the authorization code, according to the website kp.ru . Having gained access to the account, the attackers get the opportunity, among other things, to apply for loans from banks, RT.

On the same day, the Russian Interior Ministry warned about a new scheme of telephone fraud involving the involvement of so-called "lawyers by appointment," reports NSN. The attackers pose as lawyers and offer assistance in a critical situation, deceiving citizens.

Earlier, on February 21, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk said that the scammers came up with a new way to deceive Russians with an alleged kidnapping and ransom for release.

Prior to that, on February 20, the Department for the organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies (UBK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation warned of a new href="https://iz.ru/1842340/2025-02-20/mvd-predupredilo-o-novom-sposobe-moshennichestva-s-kodom-ot-domofona " target="_blank">a method of fraud with an intercom code.