Of these, 66 billion rubles were lured out by the attackers under the guise of bank employees, reports Kommersant.
Besides, on average more than 50 thousand rubles per person are earned by fraudsters disguised as medical workers.
BrandMonitor experts warned that the number of fraudulent transactions could rise ahead of the New Year holidays.
Earlier, the Russian forensic scientist, information security expert Vitaly Vekhov, in an interview with Nation News, spoke about ways to protect against online fraudsters.