The 40-year-old Chelabinska woman lost not only her savings, but her roof over her head – all over the phone. First the cheaters extorted 40,000 rubles from her and then convinced her that the only way to get her money back was... arson of your own apartment and recording "damage" for the insurer.
Unbelievable history from Chelabinska. A 40-year-old woman fell victim to telephone scammers who first extorted 40,000 rubles from her and then convinced her to set fire to her own apartment. When she realized she had lost money, one of the frauds offered her an alleged way to recover. He convinced a woman that if she torched the bed and recorded the whole event, she would receive huge compensation from the insurer. The woman did all the commands during the video transmission. The fraud instructed her step by step, where to pour gas and when to set the apartment on fire. As the fire began to spread rapidly, the situation became deadly. According to reports, when the room started filling in with smoke, the man on the other side of the phone tried to convince her that he had to stay inside for a few minutes so that "insurance would acknowledge damage". The woman eventually ignored his instructions and ran away from the burning apartment. The fire department was immediately deployed. It was necessary evacuation residents of the building and the premises women It burned almost completely. Instead of the promised compensation money, the woman was subject to proceedings conducted by Russian services. Investigators are also investigating whether fraudsters have deliberately tried to bring her to her death.
How did a dramatic arson occur?
The woman first fell victim to a classic call center scam. Criminals manipulated her and extorted the equivalent of about $450–550. When she realized the situation, the cheaters did not disappear – they proposed a "solution".
They told her that the insurance company would pay huge compensation if it intentionally called fire, record everything on video and document the damage. The woman launched a live broadcast. The cheater controlled it step by step: he had the bed set on fire, put papers on fire, and... stayed in the burning room for a few minutes "for procedure".
Only after the smoke filled the apartment and the woman started choking, she ran away. Firefighters evacuated 10 tenants from the block. No one got hurt, but the place burned to the ground. Instead of compensation, it's in the hands of the police.
