As specified on the regulator's website, posing as employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or other law enforcement agencies, fraudsters inform bank customers that a criminal case has been initiated against them at the request of the Bank of Russia.
Thus, cybercriminals try to obtain personal data, payment card data, information about transactions performed with the card, and so on from customers of credit institutions.
According to a survey conducted by the Central Bank in August - December 2020, almost half of Russians faced banking fraud.
The survey participants were 41.8 thousand respondents, including 198 legal entities and 41.6 thousand individuals. It turned out that about 30% of companies and about 48% of citizens dealt with cybercriminals.