Financial news: Combating fraudulent transactions: results of the second quarter.

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Central Bank of Russia –

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In the second quarter, fraudsters committed 273.1 thousand fraudulent transactions for a total of 6.3 billion rubles. The number of such transfers and the amount of damage decreased by 8.9 and 15.9%, respectively, compared to the average values for the last four quarters. Data on thefts is formed on the basis of appeals to banks by affected citizens.

The Bank of Russia has initiated the blocking of 20.2 thousand phone numbers of fraudsters, as well as 13.4 thousand fraudulent websites and pages on social networks.

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