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The deception begins with a call with an offer to receive income from investments with the help of a personal consultant - a personal "broker", the press service of the largest Russian bank said on Thursday.
"To start "earning", a person transfers money to the accounts of fraudsters. In order to provoke euphoria from supposedly successful investments, a fake personal account is created for the victim, in which the "account" and "income from transactions" are visible," the report says.
When a person decides to withdraw money from the account, he is asked for a non-existent "tax code" - to receive it, he is asked to pay a commission. After payment, it turns out that it is impossible to withdraw money from the brokerage account, since the client is allegedly suspected of fraud.
Then the second stage of the scheme begins, in which allegedly representatives of the Central Bank begin to call. They intimidate the victim, who has already lost money, and force him to involve his friends and relatives in the deception, whom the attackers also aim to steal. Further, the scheme develops as follows:
"To start "earning", a person transfers money to the accounts of fraudsters. In order to provoke euphoria from supposedly successful investments, a fake personal account is created for the victim, in which the "account" and "income from transactions" are visible," the report says.
When a person decides to withdraw money from the account, he is asked for a non-existent "tax code" - to receive it, he is asked to pay a commission. After payment, it turns out that it is impossible to withdraw money from the brokerage account, since the client is allegedly suspected of fraud.
Then the second stage of the scheme begins, in which allegedly representatives of the Central Bank begin to call. They intimidate the victim, who has already lost money, and force him to involve his friends and relatives in the deception, whom the attackers also aim to steal. Further, the scheme develops as follows:
- The victim of fraud is contacted allegedly from the Central Bank and informed that due to suspicion of fraud, she needs to find a trusted person who can receive funds from the brokerage account.
- A person turns to someone close to him for help and informs the scammers that he has found a trusted person.
- Scammers "increase the intensity" by stating that suspicions of fraud have been confirmed - they begin to threaten the victim with confiscation of money and property, bailiffs, and a prison term. To avoid this, it is necessary to transfer a large amount from the account of the trustee.
- The victim asks a trusted person to make a transfer using the details of the fraudsters. In the hope of saving a loved one, the trustee transfers his own money to the fraudsters. Threats can grow, and the trustee is forced to take out a loan in order to send the attackers already borrowed funds.
- The end of a dangerous scheme can be deplorable: attackers force victims to attract more and more trusted persons to it and persuade them to sell their homes.
