Telephone scammers posing as a mobile operator and law enforcement officers swindled 4,500 rubles from a Brest resident.
The press service of the Internal Affairs Department of the Brest Regional Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
How the scammers operated
A 55-year-old resident of Brest received a call allegedly from a representative of a mobile operator.
The caller asked the Brest resident to dictate her identification number. Then a call came in, allegedly from a law enforcement officer.
The fake law enforcement officer told the woman that she had become a victim of fraud and that she needed to “declare” her savings.
The Brest resident believed it, went to the post office and transferred 4,500 rubles to the scammers’ account.
Similar statements were received by the Brest police from a 45-year-old and an 81-year-old man.
Fraudsters posing as law enforcement officers convinced them to take out loans allegedly to pay off the debts issued by the fraudsters. Both men were denied loans.
