Russian billionaire from the Forbes list Sergei Sudarikov became a victim of telephone fraudsters. A businessman translated them more than a million rubles, writes Komsomolskaya Pravda.
A unknown man called Sasha, who introduced himself to Sasha – his long-standing companion. The voice of the caller appeared to the billionaire familiar, he talked as if they knew each other for many years. The man was very alarmed. According to the “comrade”, the trouble happened to his child, I need an urgent operation in one of the foreign clinics.
Alexander dictated the account number to which the money needs to be translated, Sudders fulfilled the Men’s request and sent him the necessary amount. After a while, the billionaire decided to call the man, but the room was already unavailable. By contacting the real acquaintance, Sudarikov found out that he didn’t ask anything in order and no money. Businessman realized that he was robbed and wrote a statement to the police. Check.
Sudarikov – the owner of the Financial and Investment Group of Companies “Region” and co-owner of the concern “Russia”. Its condition is estimated at 1.2 billion dollars.
Earlier it was reported that Russians lost 3.15 billion rubles for the year due to fraudsters who became massively fake online payment confirmation pages (3-D Secure).