Last year, the Bank of Russia initiated the blocking of over 500,000 phone numbers used by scammers, according to a recent report on the regulator’s activities.
The document notes that criminals used SIM cards to deceive clients of financial organizations. Typically, fraudsters call their “victims” impersonating bank employees or law enforcement officers, and then resort to psychological manipulation tactics.
In addition, the Central Bank actively identifies phishing websites, which are subsequently blocked by Roskomnadzor. In 2023, the regulator provided the General Prosecutor’s Office with data on restricting access to 34,000 such resources. More than 3,000 of them were blocked due to cooperation between the Bank of Russia and domain name registrars.
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