In Kirov, a pensioner nearly sent scammers half a million.

      A 73-year-old man from Kirov recently received a call from a woman he did not know who introduced herself as an employee of the pension fund. She said a recalculation of pension payments was being carried out and asked him to dictate his SNILS to confirm his identity. The pensioner did so.

      The next day a man called the city resident, introducing himself as an employee of banking supervision. He said the pensioner’s personal data had fallen into the hands of fraudsters who could steal his money and offered to transfer it to a “safe account.” An “investigator” then joined the conversation and confirmed the previous caller’s statements.

      Believing the strangers, the pensioner went to the bank, where he attempted to withdraw 500,000 rubles from his account. Bank employees noticed his behavior and convinced him that he had been dealing with scammers. Thanks to them the money remained in the account. The pensioner immediately contacted the police. A criminal case was opened into the fraud.