Moscow pensioner defrauded of 27M rubles by scammers
Moscow prosecutors reported that scammers defrauded a 85-year-old pensioner of more than 27 million rubles.
Consensus
- A Moscow pensioner was defrauded by phone scammers.
- The scam involved impersonating officials and convincing the victim to transfer money and assets.
- The total financial loss exceeded 27 million rubles.
- The victim sold his car and garage and withdrew savings.
- The victim purchased gold bars and handed them over to couriers.
- The case is under investigation by Moscow's prosecutor's office.
- The scammers claimed the victim's funds were at risk and needed to be transferred to a 'safe account'.
- The victim was instructed to install an app on his phone for cooperation with authorities.
Points of divergence
- The man is 65 years old, not 85, and transferred 41.8 million rubles in February. — vedomosti
- A pensioner from Ruzha, not Moscow, was defrauded of two million rubles, and a 23-year-old woman from Crimea was arrested as an accomplice. — vm
- A man in St. Petersburg was arrested for posing as an electrician and stealing money from elderly residents; the case is unrelated to the Moscow pensioner. — gazeta_spb
- A 74-year-old woman in Shchyolkovo was defrauded of 14 million rubles, and a courier was arrested; this case is separate from the Moscow pensioner's case. — vesti
Coverage (16 sources)
- Sold car, garage and bought gold: Moscow pensioner defrauded of 27 million — РИАМО
- Scammers stole 27 million rubles from a Moscow pensioner — Ведомости
- Scammers swindled out of a Moscow pensioner more than 27 million rubles — НТВ Москва
- In Moscow, scammers stole more than 27 million rubles from an 85-year-old pensioner, prosecutors said. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Scammers defrauded Moscow pensioner of more than 27 million rubles, prosecutors reported. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- In Moscow, scammers stole more than 27 million rubles from a pensioner — Москва 24
- Scammers received two million rubles from a pensioner from Ruzha: who was detained — Вечерняя Москва
- In Moscow, three pensioners handed over almost 4 million rubles to a fraudster — Москва 24
- Moscow pensioner handed gold bars to scammers' couriers: amount of damage — Вечерняя Москва
- Fake electrician arrested for deceiving pensioners from St. Petersburg out of 1.5 million rubles - SPB Newspaper - St. Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb
- Imposter electrician stole 1.5 million rubles from three pensioners in St. Petersburg — Вечерняя Москва
- Traveled by regions and took money: pensioner stole 20 million rubles from Russians — РИАМО
- Scammers defrauded a Moscow pensioner of five million rubles — Вечерняя Москва
- Scammers defrauded a pensioner from Shchelkovo of 14 million rubles — Вечерняя Москва
- In Shchelkovo, a courier of fraudsters was detained, who had stolen 14 million rubles from a pensioner — Вести
- Elderly Primorak took a total of 20 million from fraud victims — Вести
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