Common fraudulent schemes were named in the State Duma

The State Duma spoke about the most common fraud schemes. These included calls about a "secure account," investment scams, and fake online sales. Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy and federal coordinator of the Digital Russia project of the United Russia party, told about this on May 1.

"The main focus is on pressure, urgency and imitation of official sources — banks, law enforcement agencies, public services. As a result, the victim himself transfers money or access to his accounts," Nemkin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

He noted that more than 90% of cybercrimes in Russia, as well as around the world, are based on social engineering: attackers do not hack systems, but manipulate people. The most common scenario is a scheme with "protection of funds" or a "secure account".

"Fraudsters pose as employees of a bank or law enforcement agencies and convince a person that his money is at risk — a loan is allegedly being issued, an attempt is being made to write off, or an operation is being conducted to identify criminals," the deputy added.

Under this pretext, the victim is forced to urgently transfer funds to fraudsters' accounts; the scheme often becomes more complicated.: First, the "telecom operator" or "security service" calls, then the "investigators" connect.

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