In the Nizhny Novgorod region they are looking for scammers who deceived the widow of a SVO participant

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, October 6 - RIA Novosti. The widow of a deceased SVO member from the Nizhny Novgorod region handed over 11 million rubles to scammers in order to avoid becoming a defendant in a criminal case; the police are looking for scammers, reports the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A resident of Shakhunya filed a complaint with the police about fraud on a particularly large scale. The woman reported that she became a victim of unknown persons and lost 11 million rubles. Previously, she received a payment for her husband who died in the Northern Military District.

“At the beginning of September, she received a message via messenger about a hacking of her personal account on the State Services portal. After a call from a fake technical support employee, the conversation continued with an alleged FSB employee. The attackers said that in her name they could take out a loan and make financial transactions, which could lead to criminal liability for treason. To prove her innocence, the woman agreed to follow the instructions of her “curators,” the department said.

Under the leadership of an alleged Central Bank employee, the woman signed a cooperation agreement and other documents. The woman was advised to keep her savings at home and was also asked to send a photo of them. The woman withdrew 9.9 million rubles from her account, sent a photo, after which she was told that the bills looked suspicious and could be counterfeit. For “expertise,” the scammers convinced her to hand over the money to the courier.

The next day, a false FSB officer reported that the money was fake, but the real money was supposedly placed in a safe deposit box in the treasury in her name, and offered to check another 1.1 million rubles kept at home. The woman also handed over this money. After this, the attackers stopped communicating. Realizing that she had become a victim of deception, the victim contacted the police.