Scammers swindled nearly 3.5 million rubles from a woman in Nizhny Novgorod.

      03 September 2025 11:22

        [174]

       IncidentsIn Nizhny Novgorod a 59-year-old woman became the victim of telephone scammers and lost 3,476,023 rubles. Details were reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod Region. 

      Unknown persons called the victim over several days, posing as employees of various agencies. The criminals convinced the woman that funds were allegedly being transferred from her bank account to an "unfriendly country."

      To stop the nonexistent operation, the city resident was asked to withdraw money from her deposit and hand it over to a "security service representative." The woman withdrew 1,675,023 rubles, put it in a shoebox, then in a sports bag, and handed it to an unknown person near her home.

      The next day the scammers contacted her again. They persuaded the Nizhny Novgorod resident to transfer another 80,000 rubles to the account they specified. Two days later, the woman noticed that an additional amount of 1,721,000 rubles had disappeared from her deposit. How these funds were debited is not yet known.

      The total damage caused by the perpetrators amounted to almost three and a half million rubles.

      A criminal case has been opened under Article 159, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, "Fraud." An investigation is underway.

      It was reported that in one day the scammers swindled more than 3 million rubles from 8 Nizhny Novgorod residents. 

      NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" has a Telegram channel. Subscribe to stay informed of major events, exclusive materials and operational information.Copyright © 1999—2025 NIA "Nizhny Novgorod". When republishing, a hyperlink to NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" is required. This resource may contain 18+ materials.