A resident of Birobidzhan transferred more than a million rubles to scammers

Fraudsters call themselves employees of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Internal Affairs

In the duty unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Jewish Autonomous Region, a statement was received from a 70-year-old resident of Birobidzhan, who reported that she had become a victim of telephone fraud.

At first, an unknown person called her and introduced himself as an employee of the Central Bank of Russia. He said that an application had been submitted in her name for a loan of 1 million 570 thousand rubles. To prevent fraudsters from issuing a loan, the woman was asked to follow the caller's instructions.

The townswoman followed all the instructions of the fraudster, transferred 165 thousand rubles to the account he indicated. Then the woman received another call, this time from a man who introduced himself as an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and said that scammers were trying to cash out a loan issued in her name. To prevent this, the woman was again asked to follow the instructions of the caller. She transferred another 978 thousand rubles to the accounts indicated by him.

Only after that the woman realized that she had become a victim of telephone scammers, and she turned to the police for help. Now the police are conducting an investigation, trying to identify and detain the criminals. Law enforcement officers urge residents of the Jewish Autonomous Region to be vigilant and not to fall for the tricks of scammers.