A resident of Buryatia gave almost 4.5 million rubles to scammers. He took out loans and sold his car, the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
So, the day before, on April 24, a 59-year-old resident of the Zaigraevsky district contacted the police. The man said that on April 15, allegedly his former manager contacted him via messenger and said that the production was undergoing an inspection due to a leak of personal data of employees and FSB officers would contact him.
Then, in the messenger, the man was contacted by a false representative of the FSB, who even sent a photo of his official ID and said that he was investigating a data leak and that Rosfinmonitoring employees who are investigating financial crimes would soon call him.
In turn, pseudo-employees of Rosfinmonitoring convinced the man that fraudsters had gained access to his personal data and were applying for loans on him. To prevent this, it is urgent to issue counter loans and transfer all the money to a “safe account”.
For several days, the victim received loans of 900 thousand from different banks. When asked by bank employees about the purpose of the loan, the man answered that the money was needed for repairs and so on. He transferred all the funds to the scammers in “safe accounts” in several transactions.
Having followed all the instructions of the scammers, the villager continued to communicate with them. So, on April 18, the callers convinced the man that his car was being sold by scammers, and he needed to sell his car first and again send the money to a “safe account.” The man took out a loan of a million rubles secured by a vehicle title and transferred the money.
The victim’s wife tried to find out what was happening and why her husband goes to the city so often, but the scammers forbade him to talk about the situation, threatening him with criminal charges.
On April 22, the callers informed the citizen that his house was mortgaged and to cancel the transaction it was necessary to deposit 685 thousand rubles. The man borrowed 340 thousand from friends and transferred the money.
The next day, the false employees again wrote to the man about the need to deposit funds. He borrowed 168 thousand rubles from his mother and deposited them into “safe accounts.”
That same evening he was informed that the next day he needed to come to Ulan-Ude to the FSB department to familiarize himself with the papers on the fact of the verification activities. The man and his wife arrived in Ulan-Ude, where department officials explained that he had become a victim of scammers.
The total damage amounted to 4 million 493 thousand rubles. A criminal case has been opened.
