Penza, 1 January 2022. PenzaNews. A resident of Penza, born in 1980, transferred more than 3 million roubles to fraudsters and remained a debtor to the banks. This is stated in the message of the press service of the directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Penza region.

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According to it, an unknown person phoned the man and introduced himself as a bank security officer. He said that suspicious transactions were taking place on the man’s account and in order to prevent illegal actions, it was necessary to issue a loan, and transfer all funds to a secure account.

“The victim believed the false employee and, through the banks’ applications, issued several loans for a total amount of more than 3 million roubles. Using an ATM, the Penza resident transferred money to various settlement accounts provided by the scammer,” the press release says.

It adds that a criminal case under Part 4, Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud” was initiated on the fact.