A Cheboksary resident gave away her savings and took out a loan to help a "Korean actor"

A resident of Cheboksary gave her savings and took a loan to help a "Korean actor". This was reported by a source of Izvestia on January 13.

The fraudster, introducing himself in the Telegram chat room as a Korean actor, under the pretext of moving to the victim, took possession of the sum of 277 thousand rubles.

A criminal case has been initiated.

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Earlier in the day it was reported that in Moscow, an elderly couple gave fraudsters more than 2.4 million rubles, trying to help "catch criminals". According to the source of "Izvestia", the attackers deceived Muscovites for several days.