A woman from Kirov gave scammers all her savings in foreign currency and gold coins.
According to the police, it all began with a message in the WhatsApp* messenger. A man who introduced himself as her former boss wrote to the pensioner. He said that the company where she used to work was allegedly undergoing a tax audit and that a representative of the tax authority would contact her.
Instead of a call from the "tax authorities," the Kirov resident received an alarming message saying that she was allegedly transferring money to Ukraine and could face criminal prosecution. After that, she was contacted by a man who introduced himself as an employee of Rosfinmonitoring. He said the woman urgently needed to "declare" all her valuables.
The pensioner said she had currencies from several countries and gold coins. The fake official said the procedure could be carried out in Kazan and that a taxi would pick her up. The woman did indeed wait for a car, went to Kazan and handed over more than 2.2 million rubles in foreign currency and gold to an unknown man who knew the "code word." After that, contact with the "Rosfinmonitoring" employee was cut off and the messages were deleted.
Realizing she had been deceived, the pensioner turned to the police. A criminal case on fraud has been opened and an investigation is underway.
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