In March 2021, on the black market of banking “plastic” for the withdrawal of money by fraudsters, a regular Sberbank card was taken for 9 thousand rubles apiece, gold – from 14 thousand rubles, and premium – from 18 thousand rubles.
Since November 2022, prices have risen sharply: for a flat card they began to ask from 12 thousand rubles, a gold return from 40 thousand, the cost of premiums reaches 100 thousand rubles. Savings himself that the cards of other banks are cheaper on the black market.
The bank claims that the number of citizens throughout Russia, with signs of “drops”, is about 500 thousand people. More than 35 thousand clients have already been put under additional control.
The life cycle of a drop card from receipt to blocking can range from a few hours to two years. Often, through a drop card, fraudsters cashed out funds stolen from subsequent citizens, the amount of cashed funds reached many tens of millions of rubles.
— Sberbank
The cost of enlarging the diagram image has risen due to successful anti-fraud measures. [Известия]
Source: Iphones RU
