In St. Petersburg, fraudsters extorted more than 4 million rubles from pensioners who were besieged

In St. Petersburg, telephone fraudsters ingratiated themselves into the confidence of several residents of besieged Leningrad and lured out more than 4 million rubles. This was announced on August 15 by a source of Izvestia.

"Between August 12 and 13, the scammers called the first victim, a 92-year-old pensioner. They convinced her to "secure" her savings and give them to a stranger," the source said, adding that the woman gave 360,000 rubles to an unknown person.

On August 13, another retired blockade runner fell for the fraudsters' trick. Calling themselves law enforcement officers, the scammers took possession of her savings in the amount of 300 thousand rubles.

Another victim of deception was a 97-year-old St. Petersburg woman — he was scared by fictitious criminal liability for aiding terrorism, after a telephone conversation with the attackers, the woman handed over 401,000 rubles to the couriers.

On August 14, the scammers also contacted an 88-year-old St. Petersburg resident who was awarded the Order of the Red Star. The blockade runner was persuaded to "declare" his savings — on the same day he met with scammers at his own apartment and gave them more than 2.9 million rubles.

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Earlier, on August 14, scammers lured 17 million rubles from a pensioner from Kaliningrad, who came to Moscow. The victim received a call from an alleged employee of the public services portal with information that third parties had gained access to her bank account. The woman was persuaded to withdraw all her savings and transfer them to a "secure account."

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