Phone scammers deprived a resident of Dzerzhinsk of 8.5 million rubles.

      On April 5, 2026, at 16:09, Incidents: Fake law enforcement and bank employees deceived a 59-year-old resident of Dzerzhinsk out of more than 8.5 million rubles. Details were shared by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region.

      Unknown individuals called the woman and said that criminals were trying to withdraw money from her bank account. To save her savings, she needed to transfer them to a special "safe" account. The trusting resident of the chemical city obediently followed the instructions of the callers for several days. She transferred 8,592,000 rubles to the provided account details.

      Soon, the woman realized that she had become a victim of fraudsters. But it was too late — the criminals stopped contacting her. She had to go to the police. A criminal case of fraud was initiated there.

      Let us remind you that bank and government employees never ask to transfer money to "reserve" or "safe" accounts. Only fraudsters act this way. In such calls, one should hang up immediately and contact their bank using the official number.

      Earlier, it was reported that a resident of Balakhna lost 1.8 million rubles when buying a car online, and a resident of Nizhny Novgorod lost 2.8 million rubles after "declaring funds."

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