In Moscow, scammers stole 27 million rubles from a pensioner

Brief retelling from RIA II

Telephone scammers defrauded an 85-year-old Muscovite of more than 27 million rubles.

The attackers posed as the employer and law enforcement officers, convincing the pensioner to sell the property and transfer the money to couriers.

The identification of persons involved in fraudulent activities is under control of the Butyrskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office.

MOSCOW, October 10 – RIA Novosti. Telephone scammers, posing as an employer and law enforcement officers, defrauded an 85-year-old Muscovite of more than 27 million rubles, convincing him to sell his property and transfer the money to couriers, the capital's prosecutor's office reported.

The department said that the man received a message via instant messenger allegedly from his employer. He was warned about the check and about the call from law enforcement officers. Soon, a fake law enforcement officer contacted the pensioner, announced attempts to steal money from his accounts and convinced him to install an application to help catch criminals.

The attackers said that fraudsters were acting against him and convinced him to urgently withdraw money from his accounts and allegedly transfer them to a special account so that the savings would later be returned.

“Being completely under the control of swindlers, an elderly man withdrew his savings from accounts in various banks, and also bought gold bars and allegedly handed them over to law enforcement officers who told him passwords. At the direction of his telephone curator, the man sold the garage and car that belonged to him, borrowed money from friends, and also transferred all the money to couriers. The total amount of damage exceeded 27 million rubles,” the department’s official channel on the Max platform says.