The Ministry of Internal Affairs told about two schemes of fraudsters' actions through "Gosuservices"

The Russian Interior Ministry has named two schemes of fraudsters who steal money through "Gosuservices". This was reported in the press service of the agency on January 9.

The first scheme involves a call allegedly on behalf of the telecom operator. Then the attackers inform that the old contract expires and it must be extended.

After that, the subscriber's number receives an SMS with a code, with the help of which the criminals gain access to a personal account through the "Gosuslugi" system. Then they send a message that the user's account is blocked. Therefore, to correct this situation, it is necessary to transfer money to a safe account.

In the second scheme, fraudsters use the subscriber's old phone number, with the help of which they restore the account and send applications for loans and microloans.

"Such a subscriber number is registered to a new owner. Then on the website of the portal "Gosusgoservices" the password to the account is restored by entering a one-time code that comes to the subscriber number," - TASS quotes the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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