In Kotelnich, a bank employee saved 800 thousand rubles for a pensioner.

      The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kirov Region received information about an attempted theft of 800,000 rubles from an elderly resident of the city of Kotel'nich. The criminals used a multi-step scheme involving two individuals. Initially, a 77-year-old woman received a call from an unknown person who identified himself as a prosecutor's office employee. He informed her that third parties had gained unauthorized access to her accounts and could transfer funds to finance a terrorist organization. The caller threatened that due to this, the pensioner would be held criminally liable, and all her savings would be seized. Following this, a second call came from a man who introduced himself as the investigator on her case. He stated that to prevent a case from being opened, it was necessary to immediately cash out all her savings and transfer the money to the specified details, where it would be protected from deductions. Under the influence of the instructions received, the pensioner went to the bank branch intending to withdraw 800,000 rubles. However, a bank employee managed to persuade her and explain that she was communicating with fraudsters. The funds remained in her account in full. The investigative department has initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 30 and Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud committed on a large scale). Operational-search activities are underway. The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs thanked the bank employee for their attentiveness and responsibility, which helped prevent the theft. The police remind: employees of the prosecutor's office, the Investigative Committee, and other agencies do not call citizens demanding to conduct any operations on accounts; if the interlocutor threatens criminal prosecution and insists on transfers — these are fraudsters; in such cases, it is necessary to immediately end the conversation and report the incident by calling 102. Police caught a courier of fraudsters who stole 11 million from the widow of a soldier. A resident of Kirov lost 16,000 while booking a hotel in Abkhazia. The Ministry of Internal Affairs advises to hide profiles on social networks and delete photos of documents.