A resident of Yakutia gave 7.4 million rubles to fraudsters

In Yakutia, a man lost 7.4 million rubles due to phone fraud. A local resident believed that the scammers were working with the police.

According to the victim, the criminals contacted him by phone and persuaded him to transfer his savings to an outside account. The damage amounted to 2.8 million rubles. Soon, the man realized that he had become a victim of fraud and contacted the police with a statement. This is reported by IA YakutiaMedia.

Soon, the Yakut man began receiving calls, the interlocutors introduced themselves as FSB officers. They convinced the man that the police were allegedly working with the scammers. According to the instructions of the scammers, the pensioner transferred more than 4 million rubles to other accounts.

A criminal case has been opened into the incident.

In Nakhodka (Primorsky Krai), a woman gave more than 4 million rubles to fraudsters. She expected to earn income through "investments" on the stock exchange.