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In Penza woman loses 35,000 roubles on believing in bonuses from bank

11:30 | 23.03.2019 | Crime

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Penza, 23 March 2019. PenzaNews. A Penza resident lost 34,900 roubles having fallen for trick of swindlers advertising a fake bonus programme of a bank.

In Penza woman loses 35,000 roubles on believing in bonuses from bank

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"The woman received a message from a stranger on social network VKontakte stating that 2,000 bonuses were credited on her account in a popular bank on the occasion of her birthday. Then she received information about registration of her phone number in the system of remote access to the bank account and the password to log in. Following the link, she entered the code. Subsequently, the resident of Penza learned that the money was withdrawn," the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Penza region told PenzaNews.

The department added that investigation on the fact of fraud was conducted.

"Police officers take measures to identify persons involved in the crime," the press service said.

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