As the expert noted, scammers are constantly trying to find "new and new ways to take money from the Russian public."
"It has worked and will continue to work. There will still be people who will fall for it. If our people were not led, but listened to the Central Bank, then there would be no point in scammers to come up with new things, so now they will try, then make some adjustments, and a certain number of people will still behave, "Vlasov explained.
As the main recommendation, the specialist recalled that the bank does not call anyone, "except with promotional offers."
"As soon as you are told that this is from the" bank security service "and your money flows out of the account, hang up," the source concluded.
Earlier, VTB said that telephone scammers began to call Russians via video link and create the illusion of working in the bank's office.