The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has compiled a portrait of a courier from fraudulent schemes

The courier of fraudulent schemes is most often a young nonresident Russian between the ages of 17 and 25 in search of easy and quick earnings. This was announced on July 3 in 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 Russia.

"In the vast majority of cases, these are young people between the ages of 17 and 25 without higher education. Most often, detentions concern men, girls are caught less often, but they are also no exception," the department's Telegram channel said.

According to the press service of the cyber police, the end points where such criminals tend to go are usually large cities with millions. For example, Moscow, Kazan, Novosibirsk.

According to the agency, the risk group for recruiting scammers as couriers includes students in search of easy work, unemployed or low-skilled workers, and Russians in a difficult financial situation. However, many may not have a criminal record before their first arrest.

It clarifies that couriers usually receive instructions through digital channels and then personally meet with the deceived victims in order to supposedly protect their funds and transfer them to a so-called secure account. They transfer the collected money to higher-ups using cryptocurrencies or front persons.

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