Schoolgirl from Komi transferred over half a million from her father's accounts to scammers

30.10.2024 12:26

In the Komi Republic, a ten-year-old schoolgirl became a victim of fraudsters.

The deceived girl transferred more than 500 thousand rubles from her own father’s accounts to the criminals.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Komi Republic reported this on its official website .

A man born in 1964, who turned out to be the victim, contacted the duty unit of the OMVD of Russia for the city of Pechora with a corresponding statement.

As the investigation revealed, the fraudster took advantage of the schoolgirl's gullibility and wrote to her in a messenger, introducing himself as a blogger and informing the girl about her win.

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After talking to the schoolgirl, the attacker forced her to take her parents' phone without asking. After that, under the dictation of the fraudster, the girl logged into her father's banking applications.

By giving the attacker the codes from the messages that came to her parents' phone, she thereby contributed to the emptying of her father's bank accounts.

The criminal is being sought, and a criminal case has been opened on the facts of the incident under the article on fraud.

Irina Tint Author: Irina Tint Editor of Internet resources