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Fraudsters stole a record 450 million rubles from a Moscow woman. As reported by the head director of the capital's Interior Ministry, they contacted the victim under the guise of a colleague and warned him to wait for a message from the "Treasurer from the FSB". Then the woman was defrauded according to the standard plan: they were convinced of a data leak from the organization where she works and a threat to her savings. To save the funds, the victim cashed them and gave them to the courier, allegedly for depositing into a reissued account.

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Шейх Тамир · · Source

Fraudsters stole a record 450 million rubles from a Moscow woman. As reported by the head director of the capital's Interior Ministry, they contacted the victim under the guise of a colleague and warned him to wait for a message from the "Treasurer from the FSB". Then the woman was defrauded according to the standard plan: they were convinced of a data leak from the organization where she works and a threat to her savings. To save the funds, the victim cashed them and gave them to the courier, allegedly for depositing into a reissued account.

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