Russians were warned about a new scheme to deceive children's benefits
Quick Look
- The attackers pose as employees of the Social Fund of Russia and inform parents about allegedly identified suspicious transfers to their accounts, threatening to cancel child benefits.
- To avoid losing payments, they convince victims to transfer money to a special “tax-free transit account.” The press service of the Moshelovka platform of the Popular Front reported on the new fraud scheme.
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Why It Matters
Fraudsters are increasingly using schemes related to social benefits to intimidate citizens and scam them out of money. In this case, they pose as employees of the Social Fund of Russia.
Telephone scammers began to deceive parents, threatening to deprive them of child benefits due to allegedly identifying suspicious money transfers. RIA Novosti was told about the new scheme in the press service of the Moshelovka platform of the Popular Front.
According to experts, the attackers pose as employees of the Social Fund of Russia (SFR) and inform citizens about the results of a fictitious check of bank accounts. They argue that discovered third-party income could affect family income and become grounds for canceling social benefits.
To avoid loss of benefits, scammers offer to confirm the legality of transfers and exclude them from calculating income. To do this, the victim is convinced to transfer all savings to a special “tax-free transit account,” which supposedly will allow the funds not to be taken into account during the check.
Open Questions
- How many people have already been affected by this scheme?
- What measures are law enforcement agencies taking to prevent such fraud?
- Is there any information about where the money is transferred to the “non-taxable transit account”?
