Telephone scammers stole 7,000 rubles from a Minsk resident, then apologized and advised him to contact the police.
The press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
A 37-year-old man filed a complaint of fraud with the Moscow District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk.
The applicant received a call via messenger from an “employee of the Department of Financial Investigations.”
Using deception and manipulation, the fake law enforcement officer convinced the Minsk resident to put all the cash he had in his house into an account and provide the card details and the code from the SMS message.
Having received the data, the fraudsters wrote off about 7,000 rubles from the man’s account.
After this, the fraudsters tried to convince the victim that his funds had been sent to the tax office for verification, and then apologized and advised him to contact the police.
A criminal case of fraud has been opened on this fact.
The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee reminds: law enforcement officers do not call citizens in messengers and do not ask them to take out a loan, “declare” money, or help catch criminals.