Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –
Source: Central Bank of Russia –
In 2024, 34% of citizens who took part in cyber fraud encountered various typessurvey Bank of Russia. At the same time, 9% of those who contacted the criminals lost money. Based on this and other data, the regulator compiled portrait of the victim cyber fraudsters.
As well asa year earlier, in 2024, women aged 25 to 44 with an average income and secondary education most often fell for the tricks of intruders. As a rule, these are city dwellers who should be more careful about following the rules of cybersecurity: use a strong password, do not share bank card details or codes from SMS messages with strangers. Last year, the proportion of elderly people among victims increased slightly.
Telephone and SMS fraud, as well as fraud via messengers, still prevail. Among the most popular methods of deception is also gaining access to people’s accounts on Gosuslugi. It is noteworthy that victims usually follow the link sent by the attackers and also voluntarily transfer money to them.
Most of the victims noted that their losses due to the actions of fraudsters did not exceed 20 thousand rubles. However, the share of large transfers increased: from 100 to 500 thousand rubles. Most of the respondents (more than 70%) lost their own savings after communicating with the attackers, and 15% of the victims gave them the credit money. The deceived began to report thefts more often: 42.8% contacted their bank, 30% – the police.
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