Schoolgirl transfers 1.6M rubles to scammers to 'save' parents
The mother discovered the scam only after her daughter had transferred a large sum of money.
In Krasnodar, a 16-year-old schoolgirl fell victim to phone scammers and transferred over 1.6 million rubles (approximately $18,000 at current rates) from her mother«s bank cards to the fraudsters. The city police reported this on January 23.
Earlier, a 45-year-old resident of Krasnodar contacted the duty station. The woman reported that in the morning she discovered the loss of her mobile phone, bank cards, and that her daughter was not at home. Later, the teenager was found — the girl was heading to an ATM for another money transfer on the scammers« instructions.
It turned out that the schoolgirl was called by fake employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB). They claimed that the girl«s parents were allegedly suspected of aiding terrorism. Then, »representatives« of Rosfinmonitoring (Federal Financial Monitoring Service) and the Central Bank of Russia joined the conversation, convincing the teenager to urgently »declare« the money to avoid criminal liability for her relatives.
Over 16 days, the scammers communicated with the girl via messenger. During this time, she made six transfers from three of her mother«s bank cards for a total of 1,625,493 rubles (approximately $18,100 at current rates).
The police reminded that employees of departmental organizations do not call with demands to transfer money or provide bank details. Law enforcement officials urge parents to have preventive conversations with their children and not give them access to banking applications.
