The widow of an SVO soldier from Yuzhnoralsk gave 12.8 million rubles to fraudsters.
The callers presented themselves as employees of the military unit in which the husband served. They convinced the victim that her late husband did not receive the payment due and offered to fill out the application on her behalf. So she gave all her personal data to criminals. That's when pressure began, allegedly from FSB officers, police said.
The widow communicated with the false security officials for several weeks when she admitted that she planned to withdraw 12 million rubles for the purchase of real estate. She gave this money to the messenger, believing that the bills were marked.
"They contacted me. At first they spoke normally, then some kind of accent started to appear. They lit something and sang. I hung up and started shaking," recalls the victim.