The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia warned about a fraud scheme with a fake chatbot of the Federal Tax Service

In Russia, fraudsters have created a fake chatbot that impersonates the country's Federal Tax Service (FTS). This was announced on February 24 by the Department for the Organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies (UBK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"Another fake chatbot has been identified, this time posing as an official resource of the Federal Tax Service of Russia," the agency's Telegram channel says.

They explained that the bot's functionality is extremely primitive and boils down to collecting personal data: the user is asked to provide a full name, phone number and send a confirmation code. He does not open access to real services or services of the Federal Tax Service.

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