The volume of thefts from Russian citizens' bank accounts was a record for 4 years
The Central Bank reported a record amount stolen from the accounts of Russian citizens.
Billions of rubles were stolen from Russians in the 3rd quarter of 2024.
In July-September, 348.6 thousand banking transactions were carried out without the knowledge of individual and legal entity clients, according to the Central Bank website .
We are talking about transactions totaling 9.3 billion rubles. That is how much was stolen from account holders in the third quarter of this year.
This is an anti-record for the last four years. The last time scammers stole so much from citizens was in 2020.
The Central Bank also compared this figure with data for the 3rd quarter of 2023. The volume of fraudulent transactions increased by 2.6 times.
The main losses were suffered by individuals – 98.6% or 9.2 billion rubles.
Fraudsters have long ceased to work alone, but are part of call centers that make thousands of calls daily and steal up to 100 million rubles daily.
