Fraudsters deceived Russians by first offering to participate in training courses on behalf of IT specialists, and then threatening criminal liability for financing banned organizations and theft of money. Under the guise of experts from the Gosuslugi portal, bank employees and intelligence agencies, they lured money under the pretext of “checking the legality of banknotes”. This is based on documents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation that have been reviewed.
As a result, the potential victim was allegedly contacted by the telecommunications operator's IT experts and offered to attend training courses. During the conversation, they took out a code from the SMS message, which was supposed to register on the platform. The person was then contacted by fake employees of the Gosuslugi portal, who reported that the account had been hacked.
After some time, the victim received a call from an impersonated bank employee, who was interested in financial history and reported a threat of money theft. Minutes later, an intelligence officer allegedly contacted the person via video link and accused him of financing banned organizations and Ukrainian military formations, and reported criminal liability against him and his relatives.
A deceived person, unable to bear the panic, begins to follow the instructions received. He transferred money to a virtual card in the mobile application, then went to the bank office, where he transferred the money to the account designated by the fraudsters. After the transfer, the scammers report that the money has arrived and will be “checked for banknote legitimacy” for some time.
