A 76-year-old pensioner from Irkutsk transferred nearly two million rubles to a scammer promising compensation for poor-quality medical products. The woman, who received a call from an unknown person, was convinced to pay for legal services via money transfer. The police have already opened a criminal case for fraud, and the scammer's number is registered in the Moscow region.
Pensioner transferred nearly 2 million rubles to a scammer who promised her compensation for previously purchased low-quality medical products.The resident of Irkutsk contacted the duty unit on April 12. It turned out that a 76-year-old woman received a call from an unknown person. She was informed that she needed to pay for the lawyers' services via a money transfer to receive compensation.
As specified by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk region, the pensioner gradually transferred 1 million 964 thousand rubles to the scammer from March 20 to April 12.
Police officers established that the phone number of the alleged fraudster is registered in the Moscow region. Investigators opened a criminal case under part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – fraud committed on a large scale.