Sber began to return money transferred to scammers to customers
Miscellaneous / / June 19, 2023
Millions of rubles have already been returned to the victims.
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank informed about launching a project to return money transferred to scammers to customers. Program testing began back in February, as a result of which the money has already been returned to hundreds of customers.
The bank receives a power of attorney from the client and returns the money to him, after which he goes to court on his behalf to return this amount to his asset. This simplifies the standard process that requires the victim to go to court in person. This is much more time consuming and usually takes more than 10 days.
The exact amount of funds reimbursed to customers is not specified. Kuznetsov notes that the figures are now different, but we are talking about "tens and hundreds of millions of rubles."
To return the money, the victims need to contact the bank: the employees will tell you what to do next.
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