Krasnoyarsk State Medical University (KrasGMU)

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2023: Professor gave telephone fraudsters 8.7 million rubles

Professor of the Krasnoyarsk Medical University (KrasGMU) became a victim of swindlers. On September 9, 2023, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office was told about how this happened.

At the end of the summer of 2023, the woman ignored the call from an unknown number. Next Telegram , a message came from the leadership with a request to pick up the phone and talk with the "deputy minister." health care Russia She believed, not knowing that the boss's account had been hacked.

Professor of the Krasnoyarsk Medical University (KrasGMU) became a victim of swindlers

During a telephone conversation, the professor was told that the ministry was checking due to the leakage of information about the personal data of scientists, and the money from her account was transferred to Ukraine. The interlocutor also said that this issue is already under the control of the security service of the department: soon law enforcement officers and employees of financial organizations will call her.

The cheats prepared very well. They provided the woman with a photo of a "service certificate," indicated the need to verify the investigator's data on the official website of the department. All calls were from city telephone numbers with a Moscow code. The gullible woman had no doubts, the prosecutor's office commented.

After the teacher of the university, a false employee of the Central Bank called. Under his leadership, she bought a new phone with an NFC-mark of contactless payment, "tied" the account of the swindler and through the terminal replenished the "safe account" due to personal savings of 900 thousand.

Then the swindler said that the woman's account on the Public services was hacked and now they are trying to issue loans for her. Within 4 days, she took more than 7.8 million rubles from seven banks "for repairs." She also transferred all the money. The professor realized that she was brutally deceived when banks stopped lending, and a previously competent "security worker" began to threaten and insult.^[1]

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