A man from the Pochinkovsky district lost his credit money after believing a message about unpaid taxes.

      In the Pochinkovsky district, a 36-year-old local resident became a victim of fraudsters. The criminals contacted him via video call in a messenger, posing as employees of the Federal Tax Service. They informed him that there was a tax debt registered in his name, and it was necessary to urgently pay it off for "settlement." For about a week, communication took place via telebridge. The fraudsters periodically introduced themselves as employees of the FSB, the consumer rights protection service, and the Russian bank's financial services accessibility department. The interlocutors reported suspicious activity on the accounts and the initiation of a criminal case against the applicant, convincing him to obtain credit funds and transfer them to an allegedly safe account. The man followed the instructions of third parties. The total amount of damage amounted to over 7,500,000 rubles. Realizing he had fallen victim to deception, he contacted the police. A criminal case has been initiated regarding the signs of a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on a particularly large scale). Investigative actions are underway. To prevent the increasing cases of theft of funds from bank cards through deception and abuse of trust using IT technologies and remote access to citizens' accounts, police officers remind:

      - Police officers and other law enforcement agencies never call citizens regarding operations with bank accounts.

      - Police officers never ask over the phone to perform any actions related to money and the movement of financial funds in accounts.

      - Representatives of law enforcement agencies cannot request codes from citizens for financial transactions, logins, and passwords for online banking access, and do not require any operations with accounts or cash.

      - If you receive calls informing you that there may be trouble with your savings, hang up, regardless of who the caller claims to be, and call the official bank call center yourself, using the phone number printed on the card or the official website of the institution.

      - Never call back the number given to you by the caller. It should be noted that modern technologies allow fraudsters to "camouflage" the number from which they call or send messages.

      - If you have still become a victim of fraudsters, it is necessary to block operations on the card account and report the incident to the police at phones 02 or 102 (from a mobile phone), or apply with a statement to the nearest law enforcement agency.

      Press Service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod Region

      Tel.: 8 (831) 268 52-18

      According to the information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Pochinkovsky"

      Tel.: 8(83197) 5-27-62

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