Phone scammers have found a new way to trick Russians into stealing passwords from State Services portals. According to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the deception occurred under the pretext of registering a code for a new internal communication system, writing .
According to the source, the cybercriminal called the victim and talked about supposedly replacing the intercom system at the entrance. The interlocutor indicates the name, surname and phone number of the technician who will arrive in the near future and hand over a new key to the intercom.
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Thus, the fraudster convinces the victim that the door can now be opened using a special code. Immediately after that the caller sends this code and requests it, supposedly to register into the system. The department said the person provided his login information to the State Services portal to the scammers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs urges not to reveal to anyone any codes or passwords and not to trust calls.
It was previously known that scammers had come up with a new scheme to defraud pensioners. It lies in the fact that scammers convince older people of the need to complete a “questionnaire” to retake the test.
