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Online project Call me back yourself has been helping to identify scammers' tricks for three years now. Since the project's launch, lecture recordings have been viewed more than 1.8 million times. This was reported by the Moscow Department of Information Technology.
"As Sergei Sobyanin noted in his speech, protecting against cyber fraud is a crucial and highly relevant task today. Every day, millions of citizens encounter scammers who send emails about lottery wins or extremely attractive promotions at a well-known store, impersonate law enforcement officers or other official organizations, and send messages via instant messaging asking people to vote for a friend or provide necessary information while posing as their boss. For three years now, the 'Call Back Yourself' project has been helping people learn more about fraudsters' tricks using simple real-life examples, recognize manipulation early, and avoid it. During this time, 28 in-person and online events have been held, the broadcasts and recordings of which have been viewed more than 1.8 million times," said Valentina Shilina, head of the 'Call Back Yourself' project at the Moscow Department of Information Technology.
Regular lectures with industry experts, information materials, interactive simulators, and a situation designer help you learn more about security and study the main techniques of attackers.website.
Popular seminars
This year, the project held 11 seminars, recordings of which can be viewed at any time at https://sam.mos.ru/sobytiya/past . The website also features information sheets on each topic and expert presentations, which include stories of victims, common scams, and other useful information. For user convenience, the lectures are also posted on social media. VKontakte and on Rutube.
A recording of one of this year's lectures featuring real-life stories deceived people Viewed nearly 160,000 times, listeners learned about common scams—messages about phone service problems offering online phone setup, scammers calling from a fake executive account, scams during sales, and two-part attacks, in which a scam call is made first, followed by a fake law enforcement official offering to protect the user over the phone, among other tactics.
Another pressing issue is dropshipping—the luring of residents into fraudulent schemes they may not even be aware of. Fraudsters use intermediaries to withdraw stolen funds. They send offers of part-time work as a courier or ask for help withdrawing money from an ATM for their mother. Such situations can lead to complicity in crime. You can learn more about these schemes fromseminar recordings, which has already been viewed more than 142 thousand times.
Seminar Deepfake Scams: How to Avoid Being Scammed The video is dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence in fraudulent schemes. It has been viewed approximately 55,000 times. Using previously obtained audio, photo, and video footage, the attackers create deepfakes featuring the faces and voices of friends, relatives, and celebrities. Learn how to recognize the generated messages and protect yourself from the recording of the meeting and the tips on the project's website.
At one of the meetings, experts discussed how to shop online safely and distinguish a good offer from a scam.seminar, which has been viewed over 47,000 times, discussed the tactics used by online shoppers, the built-in security tools on popular trading platforms and marketplaces, and provided recommendations for protecting personal data and consumer rights.
Seminar participants Gaming Fraud: How to Spot Scammers and Protect Yourself in Online Games Learned about various online gaming scams that can lead to the theft of accounts, personal information, and banking data. A recording of the meeting has been viewed over 43,000 times.
Five rules of cybersecurity: Moscow Department of Information Technologies experts have compiled a guide to protecting against fraud.Experts from the "Call Me Back" project offered advice on protecting against deepfakes.
Situation constructor and the Stopfake service
In 2025, the "Call Me Back" project website was updated. One of the main changes was the addition of a section "What to do if you've been scammed?"The situation constructor simulates various fraud scenarios and provides personalized recommendations—for example, what to do if social media is hacked or a person transfers money to scammers.
In January of this year, a service was launched as part of the project Stopfake, created using artificial intelligence and a large language model, optical character recognition technology, including screenshots of conversations, and speech analysis. It can also detect signs of deepfakes—synthesized speech in audio and facial substitution in videos. Based on the results of the check, the bot reports the risk of fraud and what signs to look out for.
Another new project format was an interactive game in which participants assessed presented situations, analyzed them, and identified signs of fraud in messages, while also developing their reaction speed and critical thinking skills. The interactive workshop, "Fraudster in the Palm of Your Hand: Playing and Recognizing," was first held in December 2025. Participants were encouraged to create a profile of the attacker based on key features and characteristics, recognize fraudulent tricks in audio recordings, and test their knowledge of cybersecurity rules.
The online information project "Call Back Yourself" was created in 2022 by the Moscow Government in collaboration with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow. It helps residents protect themselves and their loved ones from telephone and online fraud. In 2023, "Call Back Yourself" won the "Best Social Project Website" category at the "Golden Site" awards. It also received the Runet Prize in the "Information Security" category. In 2025, the project received awards from the Ministry of Internal Affairs' "Shield and Pen" international competition and the fourth All-Russian "Regional Information Security Cup" competition.
The creation and support of information security tools, as well as countering cyber fraud, are in line with the objectives of the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State"More information about Russia's national projects and the capital's contribution can be found atspecial page.
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