The article examines telephone fraud as a type of crime committed using information technology. Currently, these crimes have become widespread in Russia and represent a critical criminal problem for our society. The paper presents the results of a selective study of how law enforcement agencies handle reports of such offenses. It describes typical shortcomings in this practice and procedural violations that victims may encounter. The consequences of inadequate response to telephone fraud reports are analyzed, and recommendations are proposed for victims and their representatives in criminal proceedings, aimed at improving victims’ position and minimizing harm.

telephone fraud, concealment of crimes, victim, consideration of crime reports, information and communication technologies, attempted offense, refusal to initiate criminal proceedings

Skoblikov Petr Alexandrovich – Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Leading Research Fellow of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology, Institute of State and Law Russian Academy of Sciences (10, Znamenka st., Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation), RSCI Author ID: 437024, ORCID: 0000-0001-7875-7036, e-mail: skoblikov@list.ru

Skoblikov P. A. Praktika reagirovaniya pravoohranitel'nyh organov na zayavleniya o telefonnyh moshennichestvah. Vyborochnoe issledovanie [Practice of law enforcement response to reports of telephone fraud. A selective study] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2025, no 3(110), pp. 101–113. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2025.3.101 (in Russian)

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