The Ministry of Internal Affairs spoke about a new scam scheme using SBP

Fraudsters began to use a new scheme to deceive the population using the Fast Payment System (FPS). Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk spoke about this in her Telegram channel.

According to her, a potential victim, having seen a product he is interested in in an online store, leaves a request on the site to purchase it. In the messenger she receives a call supposedly from a store representative. It says that the product is in stock and can be purchased at a discount, but only if paid through the “Fast Payment System” using a QR code. With such payment, the buyer’s money goes to the scammer.

Before this, the  Ministry of Internal Affairs said that in Astrakhan an entrepreneur broke the region's anti-record by giving about 17 million rubles to scammers. According to the victim himself, unknown people wrote to him in the messenger and offered to make money on investments. The entrepreneur believed the attackers and transferred them three million rubles from his own funds to the provided account. In addition, the Russian took out a loan from the bank in the amount of 13.6 million rubles. He also sent funds to scammers.