In January 2025, the number of fraudulent transactions decreased by 4.6%.

In addition, the annual growth rate of such crimes is decreasing to 6.8% by the end of 2024. For comparison: at the end of 2023, this indicator was 38.2%. According to the deputy head of the investigative department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Danila Filippov, this result is partly due to the coordinated interaction between the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Bank of Russia. "Together, we were able to promptly recover 147 million rubles of unjust enrichment from the dropouts - owners of fraudulent accounts," Filippov clarified. "Megafon" and "MTS" agreed with the trend of decreasing fraudulent calls, but in T2, this was attributed to the overall decrease in traffic in the first month of the year. "One month cannot be considered a trend, we need to look at the data for the first quarter to judge a turning point," believes the director of product development department at Innostage, Evgeny Fedorov. The director of the legal group "Yakovlev and Partners," Maria Yakovleva, warned that an increase in the disclosure of crimes does not always indicate a decrease in the crime rate. The hitch is that identifying fraudulent schemes and intermediaries does not always lead to the capture of the organizers. It was previously reported about the emergence of a new fraudulent scheme. Scammers started calling students on behalf of the school administration allegedly to confirm access to the electronic journal. If the perpetrators learn the code-password, they gain access to the MES or the mos.ru portal.

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