In Kirs, scammers swindled a woman out of nearly 3 million rubles.

      According to the police, in early August a woman received a message in the Telegram messenger from the "deputy director" of the enterprise where she works. The fake manager reported an alleged inspection and warned that an "FSB officer" would contact her. That person sent a document indicating that the victim had allegedly been transferring money to Ukraine and could now face criminal liability.

      Then a "Central Bank employee" joined the correspondence. She convinced the woman that her accounts were accessible to fraudsters and that it was necessary to urgently transfer all her savings to a "safe" account.

      Frightened, the victim traveled to Kirov, withdrew 2.8 million rubles from her bank account and, via a special app, sent the money to the account details provided by the fraudsters. After that, communication with the "employees" ceased, and the correspondence was deleted.

      Later the woman realized she had been deceived and went to the police. Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed on a particularly large scale").

      The Interior Ministry reminds: do not comply with demands from strangers by phone or in messaging apps, even if they claim to be managers or employees of law enforcement agencies. All incoming information should be verified by other means.