Pensioners Fall Victim to Phone Scammers Across Russia

In several regions across Russia, pensioners have been targeted by phone scammers, resulting in significant financial losses. In Moscow, a pensioner lost 18 million rubles, while in Tambov, a courier of scammers took 1.7 million rubles from a pensioner. Similar incidents were reported in Penza, Kuban, Kherson, and Shelehov, with amounts ranging from 600 thousand to 8 million rubles. The scammers typically pose as representatives of legitimate organizations and use psychological pressure to convince their victims to transfer money.