A resident of Tatarstan gave 6 million rubles to scammers while taking out loans under the dictation of "NAC employees."

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       A resident of Tatarstan gave 6 million rubles to scammers while taking out loans under the dictation of "NAC employees"

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      A resident of Tatarstan gave 6 million rubles to scammers while taking out loans under the dictation of "NAC employees" (photo: pxhere.com)

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

       A resident of Bugulma reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Bugulminsky district about the theft of a large sum of money, becoming a victim of a sophisticated and multi-step fraudulent scheme in which the criminals used the names of state power and financial agencies.

       According to the investigation, for two months the victim, under continuous psychological pressure from the fraudsters, transferred more than 6,270,500 rubles to accounts controlled by them. Of this amount, 3,798,500 rubles were the man's personal savings and funds borrowed from acquaintances, while another 2,472,000 rubles were obtained by the criminals through loans taken out under dictation. As the victim recounted during the questioning, it all started with a phone call from an unknown woman who introduced herself as a tax service employee. Under the pretext of an alleged error in the documents, she managed to convince the man to dictate a confirmation code received via SMS and gained access to his personal account on the "Gosuslugi" portal. Then came calls from supposed representatives of the portal itself, and soon an unknown person contacted the victim and his wife via messenger, introducing himself as an employee of the "National Anti-Terrorism Committee" (NAC) and even showing a photo of an official ID for added credibility. The man was then connected with a supposed representative of the Central Bank of Russia, who, under the standard pretext of "protecting funds" in "safe accounts," convinced him to carry out a series of financial transactions. Following the instructions, the victim took out loans in his name, his wife's, and relatives', took numerous microloans, borrowed money from acquaintances, pawned personal property at a pawnshop, and made transfers through ATMs. In addition, the man installed malicious software on his phone and lifted a self-imposed ban on taking out loans through the "Gosuslugi" portal. A criminal case has been initiated under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and operational-search activities are currently underway. It was previously reported that the number of millionaires and billionaires in Tatarstan has increased.

       Arina Mikhaylova

      

      

      

      

      

       Published: 27.04.2026 11:50

       Edited: 27.04.2026 11:50