This was stated in an interview with RIA Novosti by the director of the department for combating unfair practices of the Central Bank Valery Lyakh.

“The statistics show an increase in the number of fraudulent schemes.

In 2022, the Bank of Russia revealed almost 2,000 pyramid schemes,” he said.

Lyakh specified that this is 2.3 times higher than in 2021.

“In total, almost 5 thousand companies and projects with signs of illegal activity were identified, and about 2.7 thousand a year earlier,” he concluded.

Earlier, Kaspersky Lab reported an increased activity of scammers.

Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers and the Central Bank to create a mechanism for paying compensation to victims of fraudsters.

Forensic scientist and cybersecurity expert Vitaly Vekhov told Nation News how to protect yourself from phone scammers.