Scammers have started using a new fraud scheme
Scammers have started using a new fraud scheme, convincing Russians to undergo a so-called polygraph test after their account on the 'Gosuslugi' portal has been hacked.
Consensus
- Mothers have started using new scam tactics involving fake polygraph tests after hacking users' 'Gosuslugi' account.
- Fraudsters first contact victims pretending to be social workers and request passport details for fictitious benefit applications.
- After obtaining personal data, fraudsters call again claiming the victim's account was hacked and that money was transferred to a person involved in an extremism case.
- Victims are pressured to withdraw all savings and travel to another city for a fake polygraph test to prove innocence.
- Fraudsters often buy tickets and book hotels themselves to appear legitimate.
- At the final stage, victims are asked to transfer money for a supposed bank verification process.
- After several days of contact, fraudsters stop communicating and inform victims that the money cannot be returned.
- A criminal case has been opened following these incidents.
Points of divergence
- Mothers have started offering guaranteed loan approval as a new scam tactic, targeting people through social media and messengers by posing as credit brokers or financial consultants. — m24
- A psychiatrist named Alexander Fedorovich stated that fraudsters have changed their strategy toward children, now using infantilization instead of fear. — vesti
Coverage (8 sources)
- Russians are being tricked via 'polygraph' after hack of Gosuslugi account — Вечерняя Москва
- Scammers Intimidate Russians with a Trick About Illegal Transfers and Polygraph — Вести
- Ministry of Internal Affairs: Fraudsters began using a scheme with 'forgotten' cards in ATMs — Вечерняя Москва
- Russians told about a new scam scheme involving an ATM and card — Вести
- Scammers began deceiving Russians using a scheme with a 'forgotten' ATM card — Москва 24
- Scammers start deceiving Russians under the guise of 'gasoline without a queue' — Вести
- Expert Explains How Russians Are Deceived Under the Pretense of 'Cancelling Work Experience' — Вести
- Scammers began promising guaranteed loan approval to Russians — Москва 24
Key entities
- Russia
- MVD
- TASS
- Moscow
- Moscow Patrol
- Telegram channel
- Ministry of Digital Development
- State Services
- Baza
- Rosguard
- KP.RU
- Scammers
- Moscow24 July News
- InfoWatch
- Roman Alabin
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