In the second quarter of 2025, Russian banks stopped 38.7 million attempted fraudulent transactions, which is about one and a half times higher than the average for the previous year. According to the Review of Reporting on Information Security Incidents Related to Funds Transfers, these efforts prevented thefts totaling ₽3.4 trillion.
During this period, there were 273,100 successful fraudulent transactions reported by victims to banks, resulting in losses of ₽6.3 billion. Both the number of such incidents and the total amount lost declined compared to averages from the last four quarters—by 8.9% and 15.9%, respectively.
The Bank of Russia took further action by initiating blocks on 20,200 phone numbers linked to fraudsters and shutting down 13,400 fraudulent websites and social media pages.
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