Russians were told about a new method of phone code fraud

The scammers started using a new scheme, informing the victims about the alleged need to replace the regional code in the home phone number. This was announced on April 6 by the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office.

In particular, an 82-year-old resident of the capital faced this type of fraud. The scammers told him that the city was replacing the landline phone code from 499 to 495, and offered to install the necessary equipment at a discount. The elderly man gave them his passport details and uttered the phrase "I don't mind changing the number" in full at the request of the scammers.

The next day, the man allegedly received a call from employees of the bank's security service and the FSB informing him of an illegal transfer on his behalf. They asked the pensioner to help in the search for criminals.

"At the direction of the phone scammers, the man withdrew money from the account, packed it in a bag and, naming the code word, handed the cash to the arriving courier. In return for the savings, the victim received from the courier allegedly bank documents made in a photo editor," the Telegram channel of the Moscow prosecutor's office says.

Thus, the Muscovite gave over 1 million rubles to the scammers. The Tushino interdistrict prosecutor's office took the establishment of the circumstances of the incident under its control.

"If unknown persons ask to provide their personal data, the code received in the message, information about accounts and bank cards, property status, transfer savings to a courier or transfer money to a secure account— stop the conversation," the department advised.

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Earlier in the day, a source from Izvestia reported that fraudsters stole 2.5 million rubles from a Moscow pensioner, intimidating her with criminal prosecution for allegedly treason. The scammers informed the victim that a "search" would be conducted in her apartment, since all funds needed to be "declared" in the house. At the direction of the scammers, the pensioner collected the accumulated cash in the amount of 2.5 million rubles and handed it over to the courier.