Russians were warned about a new scheme of scammers with fake house chats

Scammers Create fake house Chats to Deceive Russians: First, they report a possible hack, and then offer assistance in eliminating the consequences of a data leak. Senator Artem Sheikin told about it on June 30.

"Some fraudulent schemes are built not around a real hack, but around its convincing imitation. At first, scammers create the feeling that a person has made a serious mistake, and then they offer "salvation," Sheikin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to him, in house chats, citizens are asked to provide a confirmation code, after which the victim is sent a fake screenshot similar to the authorization page on Gosuslugi, where the fraudster allegedly already entered this code. At the end of the scheme, there is a "rescue" from structures, for example, Gosinform or support services, which offer to click on the link, install the application or transfer money to a secure account. The senator advised against following instructions in such situations and checking information through official channels.

No need for fuel and energy complex: hackers have become more likely to blackmail industrialists

The ransom amounts are estimated in millions of rubles — companies of the fuel and energy complex are of particular interest to criminals.

In the Department for the organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation together with the portal "We explain.On June 29, the Russian Federation reported that one of the most common mistakes of fraud victims is issuing passwords and clicking on links. The second mistake is installing the application using a link from a messenger or from an unknown website. The third is a rush under pressure.