Pensioner from Bashkiria lost over 1 million rubles

A 79-year-old resident of the Abzelilovsky District contacted the police after falling victim to scammers and losing a large sum of money. According to preliminary data from the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Bashkortostan, the scammers used a classic scheme: first, a fake Social Fund employee called the woman under the pretext of recalculating her pension; to do this, she provided a code from an SMS. Then, a call came from a purported law enforcement officer, who reported the blocking of a suspicious transaction in the amount of 800,000 rubles and took the case under their control.

The scammers convinced the pensioner that her savings were at risk and suggested transferring the money to a special "safe account." The woman and her spouse withdrew over a million rubles in cash and handed it over to a courier, after which the perpetrators stopped making contact.

Police have opened a criminal case for "fraud" over the theft.