“The scheme is built on a campaign to submit tax returns and poses a threat to a large number of people and individual entrepreneurs,” the Bank of Russia says in its Telegram channel.
According to the Central Bank, scammers send an e-mail letter in which they require the tax office to provide an income declaration by clicking on a link.
“On the page that opens, the person is asked to enter personal data and bank card details (its number, first and last name of the card owner, three-digit code on the back) supposedly to identify the taxpayer. In fact, fraudsters collect information to steal money, and the personal data obtained can be used for new attempts to deceive,” the regulator said.
Earlier, Dmitry Ibragimov, a cybersecurity expert at the Central Federal District of the Bank of Russia, said that the regulator, together with banks, is taking systematic measures to reduce the damage to the population from the actions of attackers.
The prosecutor's office of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug reported that some residents of the region became victims of scammers who called through WhatsApp and Telegram messengers and introduced themselves as employees of the Central Bank of Russia, the FSB and State Services. The total amount of damage amounted to 2 million rubles.