A pensioner from Kirov transferred 910 thousand to scammers for a "new management company chat."

      In the Kirov region, an elderly man became a victim of a two-stage scheme that began with an innocuous-looking message in a messenger app. A 72-year-old resident of Kirov received a notification about the need to switch to a new chat of the management company. The man, accustomed to the convenience of communal chats, hurried to comply with the requirements. He was only required to take one action — to forward the code received in an SMS to the specified number. The pensioner did not recognize the trick and transmitted the combination of digits.

      This was enough for the scammers to gain access to his personal account on the "Gosuslugi" portal. Using personal data from there, the criminals posed as employees of "Rosfinmonitoring," the FSB, and other agencies. They convinced the victim that his bank deposit was in danger. Following the instructions of the unknown individuals, the pensioner transferred 910,000 rubles through an ATM. After that, he attempted to withdraw his savings amounting to 1,200,000 rubles from another bank to send them to the same recipients.

      At that moment, bank employees intervened — they stopped the man in time. The police arrived at the scene and ultimately convinced the pensioner that he was communicating with scammers. A criminal case has been initiated.

      The Ministry of Internal Affairs urges residents of the Kirov region not to disclose personal data, codes, and passwords from SMS to unknown individuals. As this case shows, a single thoughtless transmission of information is enough for criminals to attempt to steal all savings.