Scammers convinced a woman that a power of attorney had been issued…
Scammers convinced a woman that a power of attorney had been issued in her name for transferring money abroad, and also intimidated her with the possibility of searches and criminal liability.
Consensus
- The victims are a married couple of pensioners from Moscow.
- The fraudsters used a phone scam to deceive the victims.
- The scam involved impersonating officials from competent authorities.
- The victims were told that a power of attorney had been issued in their name for transferring money abroad.
- The victims were threatened with searches and criminal liability.
- The victims handed over all their cash to couriers who arrived at their home.
- The couriers provided fake documents for receipt and verification of the money.
- The victims were instructed not to open a package containing supposedly verified banknotes.
- The victims only realized they were scammed after a conversation with their daughter.
- The total damage exceeded 30 million rubles.
- The Lyublinsky District Procuracy is overseeing the investigation into the perpetrators.
Points of divergence
- The victim saw a new chat called 'poliklinika' in her phone and entered a short code to access it. — vesti
- The scam involved the use of Telegram chatbots disguised as the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), using the abbreviation 'fedsfm' and official symbols to appear legitimate. — m24
- The fraudsters used video calls to convince the victims, showing a fake law enforcement officer. — m24
- The fraudsters sent a box containing supposedly verified banknotes, which the victims were told not to open. — m24
- The victims were told to hand over money for 'checking' and believed they would get it back. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Scammers swindled out of Moscow couple of more than 30 million rubles — Вести
- Scammers stole 30 million rubles from pensioners in Moscow — Москва 24