A schoolgirl quietly took 117 thousand rubles from her family and transferred it to Telegram scammers for Roblox donations
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Roblox is not just a gaming platform, but an entire ecosystem with a thriving marketplace. Scammers actively target underage fans of the game.
Passions continue to run high in and around the free-to-play game platform Roblox. Once again, news has emerged of an underage fan who fell victim to a fraudulent scheme.
SHOT reports a story quite typical for Roblox story — the fan was contacted via the Telegram messenger and promised virtual currency, but she was required to transfer money following their instructions.
The seven-year-old schoolgirl took adults' phones and transferred about 117 thousand rubles to the scammers.
However, the curators never sent the coveted “robux” to her account, and the family's money went straight to the scammers.
Now the girl's mother has filed a police report. The cybercriminals will be investigated.
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Cover art author: Roblox Corporation, ToxicYT839. Image source: reddit.com
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