A pensioner from Kirov handed 300,000 rubles to scammers and, at the scammers' behest, bought a smartphone.
Scammers convinced a 70-year-old woman and her husband that their personal data had "leaked" and that they urgently needed to save their savings. Over the phone the pensioners were frightened by a "theft of money" and were told to transfer the funds to a so-called "protected account." The elderly couple believed the strangers: the woman withdrew 1 million rubles from the bank, and then, at the fraudsters' insistence, bought a smartphone—supposedly "for the convenience of secure transfers via QR code." They then went to an ATM and sent 300,000 rubles to the criminals. They were unable to transfer the remaining 700,000—the machine stopped working. The fraudsters then called again and insisted they continue trying "the next day." At that point the couple realized they had been deceived and contacted the police. A criminal case has been opened on charges of theft. The investigation is ongoing.
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A pensioner from Kirov handed 300,000 rubles to scammers and, at the scammers' behest, bought a smartphone.
In Kirov, a married couple fell victim to telephone scammers who posed as employees of the Vodokanal, the military prosecutor's office and the investigative authorities.
