A 55-year-old resident of the Buzuluk district of the Orenburg region became a victim of an Internet fraud, as a result of which she lost almost 1.2 million rubles. This was reported on January 29 by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In August last year, a Russian woman met on the Internet with a man who introduced himself as a member of the NATO Armed Forces – a major general named Bern from Germany. During the correspondence, which lasted until January of this year, the man declared to the victim that he was ready to move to Russia to live together. But for this he needed money. Then the Russian woman collected the necessary amount and transferred the “groom”. After some time, the woman realized that she was a victim of fraud, and contacted the police.
“Having issued loans in various credit organizations in the city of Buzuluk from September to January for a total of 1,186,100 rubles, the woman transferred them to the “groom-general”, but, without waiting for his arrival, she realized that she had become a victim of a fraudster and contacted the police,” – said the department.
Currently, the police are establishing the identity and location of the persons involved in the crime. On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under the article “Fraud”.
In July last year, telephone scammers deceived a 44-year-old resident of Moscow for 5 million rubles. It was found that on July 14, a Muscovite received a call from an unknown number. An “employee of VTB Bank” who introduced himself told her that an application had been submitted to change the financial number, which is tied to her personal account, and a loan in the amount of 4.5 million rubles had also been issued.
Frightened, the victim of the fraudster began to follow all his further instructions: the woman went to the bank and took out a loan, after which she deposited money in several installments to various savings accounts. As a result, she transferred the money received on credit to the scammers, as well as her savings – more than 600 thousand rubles. The total damage amounted to more than 5 million rubles.
Source: IZ
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