A schoolboy from Tatarstan transferred 2.4 million rubles to scammers to "save his parents from arrest."

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       A schoolboy from Tatarstan transferred 2.4 million rubles to scammers to "save his parents from arrest"

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      A schoolboy from Tatarstan transferred 2.4 million rubles to scammers to "save his parents from arrest" (photo: t.me / Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan)

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

       Scammers intimidated a 14-year-old teenager from Almetyevsk for several hours with threats of criminal charges against his parents, allegedly for "aiding international criminals."

       In Tatarstan, the teenager became a victim of a large-scale scam, losing over two million rubles along with his parents. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan, it all started with a call from a fake deputy principal, who asked him to dictate a password from an SMS for the "electronic journal." After some time, "security service employees" contacted him, convincing the schoolboy that all his parents' accounts had been hacked and that they were facing criminal charges for aiding international criminals. Then, in order to "save" his family, the young man, under the remote guidance of the scammers, searched his apartment, exchanged the found currency at a bank, and transferred money to the scammers' accounts. At night, he called a taxi to get to a 24-hour ATM, where he made 16 transactions. "Waiting for night, the child called a taxi and went to a 24-hour store and transferred all of his parents' savings to the specified details through the ATM. All this time, the child sincerely believed that he was saving his parents from arrest," the agency's message stated. The teenager even photographed and sent passwords from his parents' banking mobile applications, fully trusting the scammers' instructions. In the morning, the parents did not find their son at home and contacted the police. The total damage from the criminals' actions amounted to 2,414,000 rubles – all the family's savings that the schoolboy transferred to the scammers. Earlier, it was reported that a criminal case was initiated for large-scale fraud, of which a 77-year-old pensioner became a victim. According to the investigation, the total amount of damage was 9.5 million rubles.

       Arina Mikhailova

      

      

      

      

      

       Published: 01.10.2025 10:22

       Edited: 01.10.2025 10:22