In Moscow, pensioners lost 2.4 million rubles while trying to "catch criminals"
In Moscow, an elderly couple gave more than 2.4 million rubles to fraudsters in an attempt to help "catch criminals". This was reported by a source of Izvestiya on January 13.
According to him, the attackers deceived Muscovites for several days. First, a 76-year-old woman received a phone call from a "district police officer", told about the alleged murder of a resident of the district and offered to appear at a meeting of pensioners. Then the woman began to call and breathe into the telephone receiver.
The scammers contacted the woman on behalf of the criminal investigation officer and said that the person breathing into the phone was the "murderer" and to catch him it was necessary to fulfill all his requirements. The same criminal asked for 500 thousand rubles on the next call, which the pensioner subsequently handed over to a courier.
Later, the fraudster contacted the woman again and informed her that the "killer" and his gang had been detained, but their accomplice remained at large, who intended to harm the pensioner. The fraudsters also contacted the victim on behalf of Rosfinmonitoring and FSB officers, who said that the criminal had stolen her money and sent it to Ukraine.
At the same time, the attackers specified that a certain man allegedly stopped the transaction and now the money should be transferred to him. "Savior" during a phone call asked to recalculate the currency stored at home and withdraw another 500 thousand rubles from the account. The woman gave the courier the funds received, as well as $2922 and €1845.
Soon the pensioner was informed that the fraudsters had taken out loans on her, and the family car was put up for auction. On the instructions of the attackers, the woman's husband sold the car for 870 thousand rubles.
After that, the victim withdrew another 120 thousand rubles from the bank. In total, she handed over to the courier 990 thousand rubles. After a while, the pensioners realized that they had fallen victim to fraudsters. An investigation is underway on this fact.
Earlier, on January 6, the Telegram-channel of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office reported that fraudsters deceived a 75-year-old woman, stealing 17.9 million rubles from her in three months. The attacker contacted the pensioner on behalf of a bank employee and said that a loan was allegedly issued in her name. To catch the man, he asked her to hand over all the money in her accounts, as well as her savings, including those set aside for funeral services.
