In a series of stories about citizens giving money to crooks, it’s gratifying to see news of a failed scam.
True, it is not the citizen himself who should be thanked for this, he just wanted to give everything to the unknown, but the watchful bank employee.
It was like this: a stranger called a citizen, introduced himself as a Central Bank employee and said that fraudsters were trying to get a loan in his name. The caller offered to preempt the scammers, apply for a loan in the amount of 200,000 rubles and transfer the money to a secure current account. Classic scheme.
Smolyanin went to the bank, issued a loan for the specified amount and, going to the ATM, was about to transfer money. However, this was noticed by the bank manager, who overheard her conversation on the phone.
She clarified with the man the details of her communication with the imaginary Central Bank employee and stated that Central Bank employees never call customers and, moreover, they never ask for loans.
It was only then that the man realized he had spoken to a scammer, did not transfer any money and contacted the police.
A similar incident happened with a pensioner born in 1937.
Apparently, a law enforcement officer asked him to take out a loan of 300,000 rubles and also transfer it to secure accounts.
However, the pensioner did not have a bank application or the possibility of obtaining a loan for the specified amount, and most importantly, he was aware of the existing fraudulent schemes, so he immediately contacted the police.
Based on these facts, criminal proceedings were initiated under the article “Attempted Fraud”.
