A schoolgirl in Nizhny Novgorod gave more than 11 million rubles to scammers.

      A schoolgirl in Nizhny Novgorod gave more than 11 million rubles to scammers. As reported by the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, a 48-year-old local resident reported a fraud case to police department No. 5 in Nizhny Novgorod, in which his 16-year-old daughter became a victim. The criminals managed to swindle the family savings from the teenager, totaling over 11 million rubles. The scam scheme began with a phone call, in which the minor was informed about the need to change the intercom. The callers convinced the schoolgirl to dictate a code from an SMS message. As it later turned out, this code gave the fraudsters access to her account on the "Gosuslugi" portal. In her personal account, a power of attorney supposedly appeared in the name of a citizen of another country, allowing any financial transactions to be made. After that, psychological pressure began on the girl, threatening problems for her entire family. The "curators" who contacted her via messenger introduced themselves as employees of "Rosfinmonitoring." They offered help in solving problems and convinced her to connect to a video conference. Under the guise of a declaration procedure, the scammers conducted an online inspection of her apartment in search of cash. The first 3 million rubles found were handed over by the teenager to an unknown woman not far from her home. The next day, the calls resumed. After that, the schoolgirl was sent by taxi to Vladimir, where she gave an unknown man 6 million rubles, 18 thousand dollars, and 3 thousand euros. Following the instructions, the teenager returned home in several taxis (which were also called by the fraudsters). A few days later, the girl was again convinced to transfer 455 thousand rubles through an ATM. She took a taxi to the ATM at her own expense, but the fake law enforcement officers later "compensated" her for the cost of the trip to maintain control and trust. The father discovered the loss of money only after some time. All this time, the daughter did not tell the adults anything, believing that she was saving her parents from imaginary criminal liability. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud.