Law enforcement agencies have uncovered a new fraud scheme aimed at deceiving children. This was reported by the Department for Combating Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
Under the guise of heads of educational organizations or teachers, fraudsters call parents under the pretext of updating the electronic journal, student lists, or a student's profile in "Sferum."
For the sake of plausibility, the scammers use data from real school employees, deepfake technologies, and spoofed numbers. To "update" the information, the fraudsters ask parents to warn their child that they will be called supposedly from the school. During the conversation, the student is persuaded to tell the fraudsters the number indicated in the SMS message.
In reality, the confirmation code is needed to restore access to an account on the "Gosuslugi" portal.
Russians were warned that interaction between parents and school management is mandatory, but it is always necessary to additionally verify the truthfulness of the information received through standard communication channels: for example, call the teachers themselves or talk to them in person.
As a reminder, in January, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia identified two popular fraud schemes with which fraudsters gain access to personal accounts on the "Gosuslugi" portal and steal money. One of them involves reissuing the number.
Earlier it became known that fraudsters have also developed a new cryptocurrency theft scheme. Now they are deceiving people by offering collectible virtual gifts in Telegram. Fraudsters have begun creating phishing sites that contain malicious software that allows them to steal funds from users' crypto wallets.
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