The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade recommends that consumers not hand over their mobile phones to strangers

Today, the practice of rapid lending to citizens is widespread in the financial services market. Such a financial instrument has also appeared in the field of mobile communication services – subscribers who have connected to the v-banking (v-wallet) service are offered 100 rubles as an interest-free loan by the mobile operator.

At the same time, consumers who have connected this service have found themselves in the spotlight of unscrupulous individuals who ask to borrow a mobile phone for an urgent call, as their phone has allegedly run out of battery. In a short period of time, under the guise of making a call, fraudsters connect to the v-banking (v-wallet) service on the consumer's phone and transfer the money received upon connection of this service to their own account, and then return the phone to the unsuspecting owner.

MART warns users of the v-banking (v-wallet) service, as well as all citizens using mobile communication services, and recommends not to hand over their mobile phones to strangers. It is better to offer assistance to the person who approached you and call the number they provided yourself, without handing over your mobile phone – a person genuinely in need of an urgent call will receive help, and a fraudster will not have a chance to use the phone owner's money.