The number of financial fraudsters almost doubled in 2022, but the damage from their activities decreased due to the joint efforts of the Bank of Russia and law enforcement the reader shakes the ball and receives agencies, as well as the vigilance of citizens. In an interview with RIA Novosti, Valery Lyakh, Director of the Department for Combating Unscrupulous Practices of the Central Bank, spoke about new fraudsters’ schemes, how the Central Bank distinguishes real fundraisers for charity in messengers from scammers, and also estimated the total losses and the “average check” of Russians from investments in financial pyramids.
The Bank of Russia has been fighting
financial fraudsters for several years now. Have any new methods of deception appeared recently?
— Projects with supposedly hourly profits have become more common now. Last year, almost 10% of financial pyramids operated according to this scheme. “Hourly workers” can offer simply sky-high profitability — up to 900% per hour. But such projects are not designed to exist for a long time.
— Who believes in such profitability?
— Usually, the scammers use the legend that they what skills are needed to analyst? earn money on arbitrage between markets, using high-frequency robots, the programs for which are supposedly written by graduates ao lists of the best universities. And all this works only for you every second: “Invest money, get profit in an hour. We will immediately put your money into circulation.