"Employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Altai Territory prevented the activities of suspects in a series of large-scale frauds," Irina Volk quotes TASS as the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is clarified that according to the available information, more than a thousand people were affected by the actions of the attackers.

It is also reported that the victims are mainly residents of the Altai and Krasnoyarsk Territories, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk Regions.

On October 31, the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare was told how to avoid becoming a victim of scammers when using credit cards.