A criminal group defrauded a 43-year-old resident of Kazan of 970,000 rubles, posing as cryptocurrency trading and deposit-insurance services.
In late March, the woman submitted an application on a site that purported to offer cryptocurrency trading services.
After speaking with a “broker,” she deposited 260,000 rubles into an account.
Later, a “customer-support staffer” called the victim and urged her to insure her invested funds for about 710,000 rubles. The attackers did not contact her again.
Police have opened a criminal case into fraud and are trying to identify the suspects.
Earlier in April, a Kaliningrad resident lost more than 5.5 million rubles, while trying to profit from trading securities and cryptocurrencies.
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