The Interior Ministry told about a fraudulent scheme with the sale of medicines at discounted prices

Fraudsters have started using a new scheme with the sale of medicines at discounted prices. This was announced on Saturday, March 22, by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the agency, which was reviewed by RIA Novosti, the attackers contact pensioners by phone and offer to purchase medicines for them at discounted prices.

After receiving the payment, as the newspaper writes.Ru", fraudsters give dummy medicines to customers or leave them without anything at all.

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On March 20, Deputy General Director of the Rabota service.Alexander Veterkov, Chief operating officer of the SberPodbor service, told Izvestia about ways to identify fraudsters when looking for a job. According to him, fake employers often rush applicants, may require some kind of prepayment for tuition, paperwork, etc. In addition, hackers can steal data from questionnaires, so the expert recommended not to add confidential information to them (SNILS, bank card data, etc.).