Fraudster convinced man to get loan and set fire to Sberbank branch

On the morning of February 7, a fraudster, introducing himself as an “bank security officer,” convinced the 48-year-old resident of the village of Porechye (Moscow Region) Alexei that the accumulation of a man must be protected from possible theft, having issued a loan at the bank branch.

As a result, Alexey issued a loan for 1 million 357 thousand rubles, after which he sent the amount to the fraudster. After that, the “security officer” convinced Alexei that to identify scammers, it was necessary to set fire to the Sberbian office, and sent him instructions for the manufacture of Molotov cocktail.

Having made sure that there are no people in the department, Alexei opened the door and threw the bottle into the corner. As a result of the incident, the bank’s employees extinguished the fire, and the police took Alexei.

Sberblack Department after the fire

Earlier, Olga Tisen, the head of the legal department of Rosfinmonitoring, said that fraudsters on behalf of Rosfinmonitoring send reports on the imaginary collection of funds in connection with suspicious activity. In addition, in some cases, these messages use an imitation of symbols and seals of Rosfinmonitoring.

/Media reports cited above.