A pensioner from Saratov transferred more than 17 million rubles to scammers

Strangers convinced an elderly man to transfer funds due to allegedly questionable bank card transactions.

Police officers put on the wanted list the swindlers who deceived the pensioner by 17 million rubles.

According to the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an elderly resident of the Leninsky district of Saratov said that he had repeatedly received calls from unknown numbers. At the other end of the wire, the attackers presented themselves as bank employees or representatives of law enforcement agencies. The man was informed about suspicious transactions that were recorded on a bank card. The attackers convinced the pensioner to transfer the money for safekeeping to a “safe” account.

The man was afraid that he would lose money and transferred a total of 17 million 400 thousand rubles to the unknown. After realizing the deception, the Saratovite contacted the police.

On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by deception or breach of trust).

The perpetrators are being searched for by police officers.