Bank employees prevented a Kirov resident from giving more than 3 million rubles to scammers.

      An unknown caller phoned a 78-year-old resident of Kirov, introducing himself as one of the managers of the organization where the Kirov resident had previously worked. The caller said that FSB officers wanted to speak with the pensioner. Shortly afterward, an alleged FSB officer contacted the Kirov resident on the Telegram messenger, telling the victim that unknown persons had transferred savings in his name to finance Ukraine. To prevent further unauthorized access to his bank card and to protect his money, the victim was told to transfer all the funds he had to a specified "safe" account. The man trusted the interlocutor and transferred 1.3 million rubles at a bank branch. After that he tried to cash out a deposit of 3.2 million rubles. However, bank employees, noticing the Kirov resident's suspicious behavior, reported it to the police and dissuaded the pensioner from cashing out the deposit. The money remained in the account. A criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway.