The expert gave tips on protecting against scammers in case of suspicious calls.

On July 19, Petr Shcherbachenko, an associate professor at the Financial University, gave recommendations on how to protect against fraudsters in case of an increase in suspicious calls.

"Stop posting information on social networks about your own business trips, expensive purchases, and purchased tickets," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The expert advised to establish a self-ban on loans and borrowings, as well as prohibit real estate transactions without the personal participation of the owner.

Shcherbachenko called for checking the number of registered SIM cards through Gosuslugi, using anti-spam services and technical means of protection. He also recommended enabling two-factor authentication in all services and setting different complex passwords with a length of at least 12-14 characters.

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Earlier that day, the Interior Ministry reported on a new fraud scheme with alleged payments for medicines. First, the attacker, disguised as an investigator, reports that the ordered drug has been found to be poisonous, and convinces them to file a complaint against the manufacturer. Later, the victim is informed of the payment awarded, and the "lawyer" helps open an account to receive it. Then the "investigator" declares that the transfer was made incorrectly, which threatens criminal liability, and demands that personal savings be transferred to third-party accounts, depriving the person of savings.