the Main interest for fraudsters represent young Russians at the age from 25 to 45 years old, and not elderly. This was stated by first Deputy head of information security Department of the Bank of Russia Artem Sychev.
the Expert explained that now it was the “Golden age” of criminals, when they “Spud” only pensioners. According to Sychev, the elderly are still easy prey for scams, but do not bring them as much profit.
If we are talking about fraud via the Internet and phone calls, the average age of victims is between 30 to 45 years, said the first Deputy head of the Department of the Central Bank. And recently this level has dropped to 25 years. Sychev said that the Russians at this age spend the money earned, “not much caring about the consequences.”
He also noted that the average check theft the attacker, the physical persons amounts to 10 thousand rubles.
Earlier, the Central Bank warned that against the backdrop of a pandemic coronavirus have significantly increased the number of unaddressed advertising fraud. Scammers do focus on the human desire to get rich and use emotional appeals such as “make money with us!”. While specific information on the type of income or investment, as well as the methods of its production in such is not contained.
