City residents have started receiving calls from individuals impersonating city officials. Initially, the attackers introduce themselves and inquire why the citizen has not appeared at the city executive committee. This is followed by threats, claiming knowledge of facts related to financing extremist activities and tax evasion. Subsequently, the victim is informed that an officer from the KGB or another law enforcement agency will contact them. During the conversation, this officer requests the victim to transfer money to an account controlled by the fraudsters.
As reported by Yulia Koldybova, an operative officer of the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional