A 37-year-old resident of Orenburg contacted police department No. 7 of the Orenburgskoe Municipal Department of Internal Affairs with a statement about the theft of funds in the amount of 3,300,000 rubles.
While clarifying the circumstances, police officers established that the victim received a call via messenger from an unknown person who introduced himself as an FSB officer and said that on his behalf a money transfer had been made to the territory of Ukraine, and loans had also been issued. The caller explained that to prevent this operation, it is necessary to issue counter loans and transfer all funds to a “reserve account.” Acting on the instructions of an unknown person, the man took out a car loan in the amount of 1,400,000 rubles, installed a payment application and deposited it into an account provided by the unknown person. Next, the victim applied for a loan in the amount of 1,900,000 rubles at a bank branch and also deposited it into the specified account. After which the unknown person stopped communicating. Then the man called the Russian FSB hotline, where they explained to him that he had become a victim of scammers.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated regarding this fact on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. The sanction of this article provides for a maximum penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to ten years.
Dear Orenburg residents, never follow instructions received over the phone when it comes to money, including withdrawing and transferring funds, or installing any applications on your mobile phone. Be sure to double-check the information received! If you don’t want to become a victim of scammers, subscribe to the channels in the Telegram messenger – “Orenburg Police” ( https://t.me/rfvmeste ) and “Bulletin of the Cyber Police of Russia” ( https://t.me/cyberpolice_rus ). It contains information about the main methods of theft of citizens’ funds with examples from actual criminal cases.
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