A new type of fraud related to sanctions has emerged

Against the backdrop of the departure of many brands from the Russian market, attackers may begin to use this information feed,

to steal your money.Thus, the co-chairman of the National Union for the Protection of Consumer Rights, Alexey Egarmin, warned that they could start selling goods that allegedly remained after foreign manufacturers left Russia. Discuss

The scheme is quite simple:scammers are just using today's market conditions to try and sell you a product that seems to still be there, but will soon run out. And it doesn't have to be anything physical, they may well be selling tickets to "closed events". According to the expert, you should not chase after "sanctioned" goods.

The chances that scam offers will bring youdesired thing, are extremely low and tend to zero. There are no such idiots who will sell deposits from warehouses for next to nothing. Usually they are not sold, but destroyed, so as not to give rise to a decrease in the cost of goods in the future.

Aleksey EgarminCo-Chairman of the National Union for the Protection of Consumer RightsSource: Radio Sputnik