After falling for a scam, two sisters from Chistopol lost nearly 6 million rubles.

      A criminal case has been opened

      A large-scale fraud is being investigated in Chistopol, the victims of which were two sisters who worked in preschool institutions. As a result of a well-planned multi-stage scam they lost a total of about 6,000,000 rubles. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department for the Chistopol district.

      It all began with a phone call to a 50-year-old resident of the town. A man who introduced himself as an employee of "Tatenergosbyt" said there was allegedly a need to replace the electricity meter and requested a confirmation code. The woman gave the numbers.

      Soon she was called by a "Roskomnadzor employee" who said that the previous call had been from fraudsters who, having obtained the code, had hacked her Gosuslugi account. Next to make contact was a "FSB operative" who reported shocking news: large loans had been taken out in the woman's name, and the money had allegedly been used to finance terrorist organizations.

      "Playing on fear and civic responsibility, the perpetrators convinced her to transfer all her savings to a 'safe account' for verification. Then they forced the woman to 'declare' her household savings, obtaining an additional 485,000 rubles, and then to take out a loan and transfer another 890,000 rubles to 'meet the loan minimum,'" the press service said.

      While communicating by video link with the fake FSB officer, the woman's sister returned from work. Noticing something was wrong, she tried to stop her relative, but the scammers, acting through the video link, convinced her as well that her finances were also in danger. Under pressure and threats, both women transferred a total of 5.7 million rubles to the criminals.

      The investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chistopol district has opened a criminal case on fraud and hacking of state services.

      Important warning from the police:

      - Never disclose SMS codes, passwords for banking apps, or personal account passwords to anyone.

      - Remember: real employees of banks, energy services, Roskomnadzor and especially the FSB never resolve operational issues by phone and do not ask you to transfer money.

      - Any talk of "writing off money," "loans taken out in your name," or "safe accounts" — these are one hundred percent signs of deception.

      - If you have the slightest doubts, immediately end the conversation and call your credit institution or the official service's hotline, the number for which you can find on its website. You can report such a call by dialing 102.

      Guzel Gumerova

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