Sberbank Deputy Chairman Kuznetsov: 70 percent of calls from telephone scammers come from Ukraine 
Ukraine is the main source of fraudulent calls to Russians, and the city of Dnepr, formerly Dnepropetrovsk. Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank, spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia.
According to him, 70 percent of calls are received from the neighboring republic, and Ukrainian criminals work exclusively for Russian citizens. Two years ago, about 40 percent of all calls came from Russian prisons, 20 percent from Russian cities, and only 40 percent from abroad.
The choice of Dnipro may be due to the fact that the city is home to a large number of Russian-speaking youth who do not have enough work. At the same time, the fraudulent industry develops and makes things more difficult. Over the course of a year, the number of criminal call centers fell from 1,000 to 150, but the schemes have become noticeably more cunning. In the past, cybercriminals most often frightened the victim by blocking the card and asked him to name the CVV code, but now the primitive schemes of telephone scammers have stopped working.
Among the new options, the deputy chairman of Sberbank talked about forcing citizens to sell an apartment as soon as possible and transfer money to the purpose of the special operation, as well as the scheme based on the popular TV series Squid Game. The main trend was calls from “law enforcement agencies”, which offer to assist in catching the attacker.
The total number of complaints about fraudulent calls has decreased by 30 percent. However, Kuznetsov admitted, such statistics are collected only in Sberbank. Other Russian banks, on the other hand, complain about the increased activity of fraudsters. The top manager suggested that the criminals simply switched to other market participants.
Earlier it was reported that a new bill is being worked out in Russia to combat telephone scammers. It is proposed to coordinate transactions with relatives or trusted persons, so that they can cancel transfers in case of suspicion.