“In 2020, as of October 1, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, a total of 210 thousand fraudulent crimes, or crimes of a fraudulent nature, were registered.

Of these, 76 thousand are crimes related to the use of mobile communications.

At the same time, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the territory of the penal system, 119 criminal cases were instituted against our special contingent, ”he said.

Earlier Olga Sulim, a lawyer, chairman of the Sulim and Partners Bar Association, gave advice on how to combat telephone scammers.