The neuropsychologist spoke about the principles of choosing victims by scammers

Scammers target people with unstable minds, most often including teenagers and the elderly. This was announced on May 21 by neuropsychologist Irina Khvingiya.

"The easiest way to convince children and the elderly is to scare them, it's easier to provoke emotions, because what is the task of a fraudster? The first is to frighten that there will be some kind of trouble, and the second is to naturally encourage some kind of action," the expert said in an interview with Sputnik radio.

According to her, attackers often use neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques, taking into account the psychophysiological state of the potential victim.

Hwingia explained that scammers choose tired, distracted and poorly concentrated people, starting their scams with those who are in a state of the slightest change of consciousness.

In addition, the specialist reminded that there is no such thing as "secure accounts", and also warned that an incoming call from a bank is most often made by fraudsters.

"Bank employees never make calls from mobile phones. These are always either short bank numbers or landline numbers. The security services will never call either. I have not yet seen a single FSB officer who would call someone via Telegram with a question," Khvingia summed up.

On May 19, Alexey Lashko, a financial expert and head of the Assistance Group, spoke about ways to protect finances from fraudsters. In particular, he recommended strictly protecting your personal data: passport details, bank card information, secret codes and passwords.