In Russia, cases of telephone fraud have become more frequent, when attackers impersonate employees of military registration and enlistment offices and, under the pretext of "updating data in the register of electronic summonses," lure citizens' SMS codes to access their accounts on "Gosuslugi".
Yakov Filevsky, an expert at Angara Security, said that official calls from government agencies are only informative and do not require immediate action. Real interaction with citizens occurs only through official summonses, and a phone call itself has no legal force.
The main sign of deception is a request to name codes from SMS, document data or other personal information. Attackers operate through mobile numbers, exert psychological pressure, threaten with fines and manipulate sensitive topics to cause panic.
Filevsky advises using strong passwords, enabling two-factor authentication through applications, not SMS, and accessing "Gosuslugi" only through the official website or application. He recommends that elderly people allocate a separate SIM card for working with the portal and store it with a trusted person.
This is important because stealing access to "Gosuslugi" opens the way for fraudsters to personal data and the ability to issue loans, borrowings or other transactions on behalf of the victim.
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