Telephone fraud accounted for almost 40% of crimes

The most popular crime schemes are deceptions committed on behalf of government agencies and bank employees. This was announced on May 20 by Denis Kostin, Deputy Head of the Department for Combating Property Crimes committed in the field of computer information at the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, at the Izvestia News Center as part of a round table on "Protection against telephone and Internet fraud: security strategies".

According to him, about 40% of all crimes are crimes committed using phones. Most of them are related to fraud and theft.

"The scheme is being modified, but the goal is the same – to transfer money to a "secure account." Now it has changed — a person is being "processed" for longer. First, they ask for a password, for example, from Gosuslug, after a while they will call again and introduce themselves to the special services, saying that they need to save money, transfer it to a secure account or transfer it to a courier," said the police lieutenant colonel.

According to him, this pattern is the hardest to recognize.

Earlier, on April 9, RED Security told Izvestia about the industries most susceptible to DDoS attacks. According to their data, in 2024, the service sector steadily rose in the ranking: the quarterly increase in the number of attacks was about 35%.

The news is being updated.