According to the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Irina Volk, Russian schoolchildren are increasingly being deceived in messengers by foreign scammers who, using dating services, ask to drop their geolocation.
The offer to send geolocation data of a well-known place in the city comes from new contacts after communicating in a dating bot, supposedly for a future personal meeting. Immediately after sending the coordinates, a video file arrives on the phone, in which a person in the uniform of a Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman reports that missiles and drones will be sent to the received geometer.
Then comes a call from an already "employee of the Russian special services" with threats to bring criminal charges for sending the geoposition, since the sent geometer was helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces in preparing a terrorist attack.
The pseudo-employee demands to film banking applications on parents' phones, look for valuables at home and hand them over to a courier. In short, a long-known fraudulent tactic of intimidating victims begins.
Do not forget that virtual acquaintances can be unsafe. It is possible that an enemy is hiding under the guise of a new friend, who is participating in the scheme of foreign fraudsters.
To avoid such situations, tell your children and relatives about possible fraud schemes and teach them the correct course of action if a child feels something is wrong.
Do not follow the instructions of strangers, no matter who they claim to be. Remember: law enforcement officers can only call you to invite you to the unit for a personal meeting. And in no case will they intimidate and threaten. Block such people and do not engage in conversations with them.
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