Pensioners from Moscow transferred 27 million rubles to fraudsters

A retired couple from Moscow lost 27 million rubles after a call from a fraudster who introduced himself as an ex-employer. This was announced on Sunday, August 10, by the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

"An alleged former boss called the Muscovite in a messenger, saying that the organization was checking its personnel and needed to wait for a call from an FSB officer to clarify the details," the department said.

The scammers continued their game, telling the man that the bank had blocked the money transfer addressed to the "criminal." Later, the false employees of the FSB and the bank convinced the pensioners to withdraw money from their accounts and transfer it to couriers. In two weeks, they extorted 27 million rubles.

When the man began receiving threats from the "curators", he realized that he had become a victim of a scam and contacted the police.

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On July 28, it was reported that in St. Petersburg, a 72-year-old pensioner believed fraudsters who identified themselves as employees of the military prosecutor's office and gave them more than 2.3 million rubles. It was clarified that the attackers convinced a resident of St. Petersburg to cash out the money and transfer it to a courier for "declaration." A few hours later, the pensioner met with a stranger and handed him 1 million rubles and $ 5 thousand. The next day, the woman applied for a loan at the direction of the scammers and transferred the funds to a "secure account."

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