A pensioner from Tatarstan gave half a million rubles to scammers who persistently called her phone.

      A pensioner from Tatarstan lost 500,000 rubles. As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan, on May 12, a 67-year-old resident of Apastovo began receiving persistent calls from scammers allegedly posing as government officials. Each time, they told her that her personal account on the State Services website had been hacked and that her bank savings could be stolen. At some point, the woman was convinced that to protect her savings, it was best to transfer them to a "safe account." Only several hours after transferring the money did the pensioner realize that she had fallen victim to a scam. A criminal case has been initiated. It has been established that the scammers' numbers are registered in the Murmansk, Voronezh, and Lipetsk regions.

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