Fraud on the theme of the CBDC is increasing in Russia, warned the central bank of the country, while Moscow is preparing to start paying retirement services for the digital ruble.
TASS (via Mail.ru finance) said that the Rostov Bank’s Oblast branch had issued an official warning. He indicates that fraudsters “actively use digital ruble and contactless payment technologies” to steal citizens’ funds.
CBDC fraud: Russian residents have warned
The branch said that fraudsters began to send a message to OBLAST residents on various social media platforms.
These crooks tell citizens that they can make “passive income” using the digital ruble, warned the bank.
He added that fraudsters created websites using images and logos of pirated digital rubles from the central bank. The branch explained:
“Frauders arise as staff from the Central Bank, claiming to offer people access to digital ruble investment programs. They encourage people to join this program as quickly as possible, while the entry threshold is low. They also claim that this entry threshold will soon be increased by a significant amount. ”
If the residents fall into their cunning, the bank said, crooks collect and then collect their personal data. Figurers’ colleagues, pretending to be CBDC investment managers, then follow a telephone call.
These false directors then ask the victims to make deposits in accounts controlled by fraudsters and monetary mules.
The bank warned Rostov residents that there is no digital ruble investment program.
He added that the CBDC remains in pilot mode before a deployment planned 2026. This means that most citizens are not yet allowed to use or contain digital friction parts.
However, this seems to be a change in the coming months, the Ministry of Finance wishing to start issuing payments of digital friction services.
First digital friction pensions to come in October
PNZ reported that the first pilot use of the digital ruble to make “certain social benefits payments” will start on October 1.
The government and the central bank have said they would provide more details on payments by the end of this month.
However, from January 1, 2026, the bank will intensify its digital ruble adoption plans.
A recently adopted legal amendment stipulates that the CBDC can be used for “all payments of the federal budget, including pensions, scholarships and salaries of public sector employees”.
The discussion on digital friction pensions has led to the perspective of certain seniors, who fear that they are forced to use the new room.
But the central bank previously reassured the retirees they can choose to continue to receive their social benefits in cash or via a bank transfer if they prefer.
Central bank officials said earlier this year that “no one would have to use the digital ruble”.
The bank plans to deploy CBDC nationally on September 1, 2026. This follows an unexpected postponement earlier this year.
As part of a progressive adoption plan, the largest banks and merchants in the country will have to start offering CBDC services from next year.
However, small businesses will have more time. The bank wishes to envelop the entire adoption process by the end of 2028.
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