The expert spoke about schemes to deceive Russians under the guise of giving online courses.

Hackers have learned how to steal money from Russians by offering free courses. They "donate" Telegram training on behalf of bloggers, but in fact they send malware that gets access to a mobile bank and writes off funds, Alla Khrapunova, an expert at the Popular Front for Borrowers' Rights project and curator of the Moshelovka platform, told Izvestia.

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According to her, today criminals often use the topic of online education in their schemes. They send supposedly "profitable" offers by mail, messengers, social networks — and then there may be different scenarios.

"For example, criminals can even discreetly enable automatic daily debit of money from a card, and then the exchange rate for 1 ruble or as a gift will become truly "golden." There were stories when bank data was stolen when clicking on payment links, or an allegedly free course required payment and an installment plan was issued for a substantial amount," the expert explains.

According to her, the installation of installments was carried out imperceptibly, with almost a few confirmation clicks on topics that were distracted from payment. In addition, Moshelovka received complaints when money was debited from the victim, and the course itself either did not go (did not open), or had no value.

Experts urged not to download dubious files sent by strangers in messengers, and to buy courses only on official platforms. At the same time, it is important to check the originality of the site by the address bar — they can also be forged by scammers.

Read more about the new cybercriminal schemes and protection methods in the Izvestia article.

A gift for you: scammers steal Russians' money under the guise of distributing training courses