At the behest of scammers, a Minsk resident took out two loans, sold a car and deceived a pensioner
A Minsk resident, at the behest of telephone scammers, took out two loans and sold a car, losing 53,000 rubles, and also deceived a pensioner.
The press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
How the scammers operated
A 58-year-old worker at a Minsk enterprise received a call via messenger on behalf of a mobile operator.
The man was asked to follow a link and provide his passport details to renew the contract.
Then the resident of the capital received a video call from law enforcement officers, who informed him that fraudsters had issued two loans in his name and asked him to issue two mirror loans for 15,000 rubles each in order to catch the criminals and transfer the loan funds to a special account.
The scammers then convinced the man to sell his car under the pretext that the VIN numbers had been changed.
The money from the sale of the car also migrated to the swindlers' account. After that, the Minsk resident was asked to help the grandmother of the fake policeman.
Using the code word "Barsik", the man took $5,000 from a pensioner and transferred it to the fraudsters' account. An investigation is underway into these facts.
