The Samaritans paid 600 thousand rubles for fraud. allegedly change the SIM card Posting in CHAT: Russia 05.12.2024 10:16 SAMARA. 12 May. VOLGA NEWS. Read: 188 Print version If you find an error in the text, highlight it and press CTR+Enter In Samara, a 44-year-old man handed over more than 600 thousand rubles to scammers, reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. for the Samara region. An unknown person named Samarts introduced himself as an employee of a cellular company. He said that the contract for telephone service of the number was ending and it needed to be renewed, otherwise the company's client would lose his number and all the data stored on the SIM card. An unknown person told the man that the contract could be renewed over the phone. When the victim agreed, the caller demanded to dictate the code of the message that would be sent to the number, presumably this code replaces the signature in the contract for the provision of cellular services. The man followed all the instructions of the deceiver. As a result, the victim’s mobile banking application was transferred to the scammers’ phone number, which allowed them to withdraw money in the amount of more than 600 thousand rubles. The victim realized that he had become a victim of fraud and contacted the police. A criminal case was opened. Last news Source link Source link
