Moscow, July 25: A Moscow pensioner became a victim of fraudsters…

Moscow, July 25: A Moscow pensioner became a victim of fraudsters and handed over a large sum of money to them, according to the press service of the capital's prosecutor's office.

Consensus

Mothers were targeted by phone scammers posing as government officials.
Scammers used video technology to impersonate law enforcement or financial authorities.
Victims were instructed to withdraw money from bank accounts and hand it over to couriers.
The victims believed they were cooperating with official agencies to avoid legal consequences.
Multiple sources reported that the total losses exceeded 20 million rubles in at least one case.
Authorities have opened criminal investigations into these incidents.

Points of divergence

The victim was a 75-year-old man from Moscow who lost over 20.6 million rubles and sold his car after being deceived by fraudsters using fake video feeds. — riamo
The victim was a 75-year-old male in Moscow, and the total damage exceeded 26.6 million rubles; he transferred money over a period of about one month. — vesti
A female pensioner from Moscow lost approximately nine million rubles; two suspects were arrested — a 19-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man. The woman allegedly transferred funds to cryptocurrency wallets, while the man passed cash to accomplices. — vm
A 74-year-old female resident of Moscow lost 34.5 million rubles after a video call with a fake 'security officer' who claimed she needed to deposit savings into a 'special treasury cell'. — tg_mosguru
The victim was a 74-year-old woman in Moscow; the scam involved phishing via a link and access to her 'Gosuslugi' account. She transferred money over one week, following instructions from a fake official. — m24
A 79-year-old man in Saint Petersburg lost more than 95 million rubles and gold bars after being tricked by scammers posing as officials; the scam lasted several weeks, and police opened a criminal case. — gazeta_spb

Coverage (17 sources)

Video call with a fake official cost Moscow pensioner 20 million rubles — РИАМО
Moscow Pensioner Believed Scammers and Lost 26 Million Rubles in a Month — Вести
Scammers using deepfakes defrauded a Moscow pensioner of more than 20 million rubles — Москва 24
Scammers defrauded a Moscow pensioner of nine million rubles: who was caught — Вечерняя Москва
Elderly woman on Kamchatka loses over 11 million rubles to scammers — Вечерняя Москва
A couple of pensioners handed over 3.3 million rubles to scammers' couriers: who was caught — Вечерняя Москва
Elderly woman from Khimki handed over 2.3 million rubles to a courier of scammers: who was detained and the case status — Вечерняя Москва
Moscow Pensioner Lost 34.5 Million Rubles to Couriers Due to Fake Debt and Loans — РИАМО
Moscow Pensioner Lost About 35 Million Rubles to Scammers — Вести
74-year-old Moscow resident handed over 34.5 million rubles to scammers after a video call with a 'law enforcement officer' — Первый Московский
Krasnoyarsk pensioner defrauded by fake law enforcement officers of 9.8 million rubles — Вести
Phone scammers defrauded a 74-year-old Moscow woman of over 34.5 million rubles — Москва 24
Elderly woman from Balashikha defrauded of 1.1 million rubles: who was arrested and the case status — Вечерняя Москва
Scammers defrauded Moscow pensioner of 12 million: who was arrested — Вечерняя Москва
Largest sums paid by Russian pensioners to scammers — Вечерняя Москва
Scammers defraud pensioner from St. Petersburg of 95 million rubles and gold bars — Gazeta.SPb
Pensioner from Nizhny Novgorod lost nearly 13 million rubles after communicating with scammers — Москва 24

Moscow, July 25: A Moscow pensioner became a victim of fraudsters…

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