Minsk resident transferred 60,000 rubles to scammers and sold her car
Telephone scammers posing as bank employees and law enforcement officers swindled 60,000 rubles from a Minsk resident.
The scammers also forced a Minsk resident to sell her car.
BELTA reports this with reference to the Investigative Committee.
How the scammers operated
At the beginning of December, a 44-year-old resident of the capital received a call allegedly from an employee of the bank’s credit department.
The caller asked the woman if she had applied for a loan.
Having heard a negative answer, the fake bank employee told the Minsk resident that her savings were in danger due to a leak of personal data.
A few minutes later, a call came in, allegedly from a security officer. He told the woman that fraudsters were opening accounts and loans in her name.
The “security officer” also told the Minsk resident that a letter had allegedly been received from the National Bank stating that over 112,000 rubles had been transferred using her details, and in connection with this, specialists had contacted law enforcement agencies.
Then a call came from a fake policeman. He informed the resident of the capital about a criminal case initiated against her and told her to apply for loans for 60,000 rubles to pay off the loans taken out by the fraudsters.
Having received 60,000 rubles through the application, the Minsk resident transferred them to “safe” accounts.
A couple of days later, the fake policeman, under the pretext of participating in a special operation to catch the scammers, persuaded the woman to sell the car. The money from the sale of the car also migrated to the scammers' account.
When the scammers deleted the correspondence in the messenger, the Minsk resident realized that she had been deceived and contacted the police.
A criminal case has been opened on charges of fraud on an especially large scale.
