Daughter of ex-Ufa mayor duped in 22M ruble scam
A 14-year-old daughter of former Ufa mayor Sergey Grekov handed over approximately 25 million rubles in cash and luxury brand watches to phone scammers who claimed to be Rosfinmonitoring employees. According to him, the scammers contacted the girl on Telegram and wrote to her from September 23 to 27.
Consensus
- The daughter of former Ufa mayor Sergey Grekov was defrauded by scammers.
- The scam involved impersonating employees of Rosfinmonitoring.
- The fraud lasted several days and occurred via messaging apps.
- One of the fraudsters arrived in person to collect the stolen items.
- The stolen items included 22 million rubles, foreign currency, and luxury watches.
- The victim was a 14-year-old girl.
- The former mayor declined to comment on the incident.
Points of divergence
- The stolen items included 45,000 USD and 145,000 EUR, and Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet watches. — riamo
- The stolen items included 40,000 USD and 145,145,000 EUR (note: likely a typo in the original), and Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguit watches. — vm
- A courier working for the fraudsters was arrested after taking over one million rubles from a 74-year-old woman on Vzyemskaya Street in Moscow. — vm
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs warned about a new scam involving visa centers, where fraudsters pose as embassy staff and request document details to extract SMS codes. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- 22 million rubles and luxury items: scammers deceived the daughter of the former head of Ufa — РИАМО
- Daughter of former Ufa mayor Grekov handed over about 25 million rubles to scammers — Вести
- «112»: Daughter of former Ufa mayor Sergey Grekov gave 22 million rubles to scammers — Вечерняя Москва