“The OMVD received a statement from a citizen of 1962 that he received an SMS message that he is currently replacing the SIM card and asking him to call the indicated number if he doesn’t replace it,” the police said .

After some time, the applicant's number ceased to work. After calling the operator, the man turned to the nearest communication salon and his SIM card was restored to him.

Later, the bank employees phoned the man, saying that they tried to withdraw 50 thousand rubles from his card and asked if he had made any transactions. After checking his balance, the man found out that from his bank account unknown transferred more than 421.8 thousand rubles to other accounts.

The police organized a check on the fact of what happened.

Earlier in Moscow, a woman stole 95 thousand rubles from bank cards.