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Scammers Trick Moscow Woman into Searching Home via Zoom, Stealing Millions

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A Moscow woman was targeted by scammers who posed as employees of various agencies, convincing her to search her apartment via Zoom. During the 'search', she found and handed over her father's savings totaling nearly a million rubles (around $13,000) to a courier. The scammers also targeted a 19-year-old girl who was forced to search her apartment and hand over money to scammers.

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  1. РЕН ТВ | Новости avatar

    РЕН ТВ | Новости

    Telegram / @rentv_news

    Аферисты убедили москвичку обыскать свою квартиру под контролем по Zoo...

  2. Москва сейчас avatar

    Москва сейчас

    Telegram / @mosnow

    🤯 19-летнюю москвичку заставили обыскать квартиру по Zoom и отдать ден...

  3. Rossiyskaya Gazeta avatar

    Rossiyskaya Gazeta

    RSS / @rg.ru/xml/index.xml

    Мошенники под видом замены домофона лишили москвича ценностей на 32 мл...

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