A Volgodonsk resident transferred 1,634,000 rubles to a fraudster over the phone. The crime is reported by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Rostov region.
According to the department, the man received a call from an unknown person who identified himself as a bank employee. He said that in one of the offices of a financial institution, a certain woman gave a loan to a resident of Donetsk and offered to cancel the agreement. To do this, he helped the man get a new loan and transfer funds to the fraudster’s account using an ATM.
When the Donetsk resident realized he had been lied to, he turned to the police.
On this fact, a criminal case was opened for a crime within the meaning of part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”, – added the central office of the Don.
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