A student in Moscow gave scammers money and valuables worth 80 million rubles.

In Moscow, an 18-year-old student became a victim of telephone fraud and lost money and valuables totaling more than 80 million rubles. This was reported on July 15 in the Telegram channel of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

"An 18-year-old Muscovite was taken aback by a call allegedly from a polyclinic about undergoing a medical examination. Believing the "polyclinic employee," he gave all his personal information and the SMS code," the message says.

After that, the Muscovite received a notification about the hacking of his account on the Gosuslug portal, indicating the numbers for communication. The young man called one of them, where they confirmed the information about the hacking and convinced him to follow the link to communicate with an "employee of the financial control authority" via a closed communication channel.

A false employee of the department told the student that a power of attorney had allegedly been issued on his behalf to a citizen of another country, which was the reason for checking and searching the apartment. The scammers convinced the young man to observe the secrecy regime and sign a "non-disclosure agreement."

Following the instructions of the callers, the victim collected savings in rubles and foreign currency at home, as well as wristwatches of various brands. During one day, the young man met three times with couriers, to whom he transferred property using a code word. The total damage exceeded 80 million rubles.

The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has taken over the establishment of all the circumstances of the crime and the persons involved in the fraud. The department once again reminded that government and law enforcement officials do not communicate with citizens through messengers and do not ask them to transfer money or transfer it to couriers.

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The stolen funds are distributed among accounts related to criminal activity or withdrawn in other regions.

A source in Izvestia reported on July 11 that the former Consul General of Russia in Mongolia, Ivan Mostyka, and his wife lost over 27 million rubles due to fraud. It was clarified that the wife of the ex-Consul General received a message about hacking her account on Gosuslugi. After that, a false employee of the Treasury contacted the woman and stated that a power of attorney for a foreign agent was allegedly issued on her behalf. Later, an accomplice joined the deception under the guise of an FSB investigator.