Krasnoyarsk gave more than 17 million rubles to fraudsters, fearing problems with the FSB 48-year-old resident of Krasnoyarsk lost 17.6 million rubles - personal savings and money received on secured credit in an apartment. For two months, she followed the instructions of foreigners who presented themselves as employees of the FSB and the Central Bank. They turned out to be scammers. It all started in August with a telegram from the former manager of the company where the woman once worked. He warned of imminent criticism of the organization. Then, as the regional prosecutor's office says, the victim received a call from an alleged FSB officer and reported a leak of personal data. After that, the "central bank representative" got involved: a loan of 23 million rubles was allegedly issued in the name of the Krasnoyarsk woman. The woman was convinced that the money in her accounts was "tagged" and should be checked. For this purpose, the deposits must be closed and the cash transferred to a special employee. She was promised to keep the interest and cancel the non-existent loan.

Krasnoyarsk gave more than 17 million rubles to fraudsters, fearing problems with the FSB 48-year-old resident of Krasnoyarsk lost 17.6 million rubles - personal savings and money received on secured credit in an apartment. For two months, she followed the instructions of foreigners who presented themselves as employees of the FSB and the Central Bank. They turned out to be scammers. It all started in August with a telegram from the former manager of the company where the woman once worked. He warned of imminent criticism of the organization. Then, as the regional prosecutor's office says, the victim received a call from an alleged FSB officer and reported a leak of personal data. After that, the "central bank representative" got involved: a loan of 23 million rubles was allegedly issued in the name of the Krasnoyarsk woman. The woman was convinced that the money in her accounts was "tagged" and should be checked. For this purpose, the deposits must be closed and the cash transferred to a special employee. She was promised to keep the interest and cancel the non-existent loan.

At the beginning of September, she withdrew 10.9 million rubles, put the money in a black bag and brought it to the park near her house. A stranger with a cap and mask was waiting for her there. The woman asked: "High school at home? After receiving the answer "yes, at home", she handed over the package. The next day, an FSB officer falsely reported that money related to a human trafficking case was allegedly found among the money transferred. In order to return the savings, it was necessary to close another loan, which was supposedly issued in her name. The woman was persuaded to take a guaranteed housing loan worth 8 million rubles. The bank gave her 5.6 million rubles. In October, a resident of Krasnoyarsk collected 6.7 million rubles - loan money and some of the remaining savings. She put them in a black bag again and gave them to another messenger near the house, having previously exchanged a conditional phrase. All this time the woman communicated with false employees of the FSB and the Central Bank. One talked about criminal cases, the other gave banking instructions. The scammers promised to return the money.