Trust Thieves: Why Do Russians Give Millions to Fraudsters? / Novaya Gazeta Evropa

Support our work on Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/user?u=120666215" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://patreon.com/user?u=120666215</a> A person who introduced himself as an FSB officer offers you to withdraw all the money from your account and take out a loan in order to catch the scammers. What should you do? This is a real story that happened to a friend of a Novaya Gazeta Evropa journalist. The girl came to her senses at the last moment and called the FSB hotline to clarify the name and surname of the employee. Of course, no one from the special service actually contacted her. Not everyone has time to come to their senses. Last year, 91% (!) of Russian citizens encountered cyber fraud. More than half of these cases involved phone calls. In this video we will figure out how telephone fraud works in Russia and what the war in Ukraine has to do with it. And we will tell you how to protect yourself from losing money. Timecodes: 0:00 — Imagine that an FSB officer calls you…. 1:21 - What is this video about? 1:55 - What is social engineering? 2:24 — The story of Larisa Dolina 3:22 - How does vishing work and what does Kate Middleton have to do with it? 4:46 - Why do we trust scammers? 6:00 - Real deadlines due to scammers 7:17 - Where do scammers get information about victims? 8:18 — Ukrainian call centers 9:48 - How do scammers fake a phone number? 10:50 — How to protect yourself from telephone scammers? All the most interesting things are here: <a href="https://t.me/novaya_europe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/novaya_europe</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/novayagazeta_eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://instagram.com/novayagazeta_eu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/novayagazeta_eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/novayagazeta_eu</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/novayaeurope" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/novayaeurope</a> #russia #war #scammerscallonthephone