The Interior Ministry told about a new scheme of fraudsters with payments for medicines

Remote fraudsters use multi-stage schemes of embezzlement, convincing pensioners of the opportunity to receive compensation for allegedly substandard medicines. This follows from the materials of the Russian Interior Ministry, which TASS cites on July 19.

At the first stage, an unknown person calls the potential victim and introduces himself as an investigator. He claims that the drug ordered by the pensioner was found to be a toxic substance according to the results of the examination. The attacker convinces the person to write an application to the manufacturer of medicines and send it by mail, after which the connection is interrupted.

Later, the scammers contact the victim again and inform them that the application has been satisfied, and the court allegedly awarded a monetary payment for the damage caused to health. Next, an accomplice enters the scheme under the guise of a lawyer who helps open a bank account to receive compensation.

Then the "investigator" calls the pensioner again and declares that the transfer of funds was executed incorrectly, which allegedly entails criminal liability. The caller demands to follow all his instructions, including transferring personal savings to third-party accounts. As a result, a person loses his savings.

The Interior Ministry advises to immediately stop the conversation if the call comes from strangers posing as law enforcement officers, prosecutors or banks. Citizens are urged not to comply with the requirements of unauthorized persons for transferring money, making loans or withdrawing cash.

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Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, announced on July 19 that a new fraud scheme had been registered in Russia, in which attackers impersonate dean's offices to gain access to students' accounts on the Gosuslugi portal. The MP noted that scammers use realistic reasons related to the educational process so that the request does not arouse suspicion. According to him, the scammers are counting on the trust in the educational institution and the desire of students to resolve formal issues faster.