In Omsk, a schoolgirl transferred money collected for graduation to fraudsters

A criminal case was opened in Omsk on the fact of fraud, the victim of which was a 15-year-old schoolgirl who gave the criminals 170 thousand rubles from the funds collected for the graduation party. This was announced on Thursday, April 23, on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Omsk region.

The 50-year-old mother of a teenager contacted the police, who reported the disappearance of her daughter and the loss of an envelope with 380 thousand rubles. According to the woman, it was the money of the classmates' parents, intended for the organization of the holiday. During the phone conversation, the daughter confirmed that she had taken the cash, after which she stopped contacting.

The police found the girl by geolocation in one of the shopping malls. By this time, she had managed to transfer part of the amount to the accounts of the intruders. It turned out that an unknown person called the schoolgirl and introduced himself as an employee of the educational institution. He convinced her to dictate the code from the message, ostensibly to confirm her academic performance. After that, the child was contacted by an imaginary specialist of the Gosuslugi portal, who claimed that his personal account had been hacked and fraudsters were trying to arrange loans on behalf of the girl and her parents.

To make it more convincing, an "investigator" connected to the scheme, who entered into a video call in his uniform. He presented his official identification card and stated that the victim's parents could become involved in a criminal case on aiding terrorism due to transfers to banned organizations. Under pressure from the scammers, the girl took the money stored at home and went to follow the instructions. She managed to transfer 170 thousand rubles in two tranches through ATMs.

A criminal case has now been opened under Part 2 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud").

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