Fraudsters continue to operate in Belarus. Recently, they have been actively using fake profiles of heads of organizations.
Moreover, such profiles contain not only data that matches the person’s real data, but also his or her photo.
Criminals, posing as such a “boss”, send messages to subordinates asking them to talk to “law enforcement officers”.
As a result of these communications, deceived citizens lose their own savings. Sometimes – considerable ones.
"KGB Officer"
This is exactly the story that happened to a 72-year-old pensioner from Vitebsk.
She believed that her boss wrote to her on Telegram; the scammers used the corresponding account.
As reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Vitebsk region, the woman was told that a KGB officer would contact her and that she must follow his instructions without question.
Soon an "employee" showed up. He informed the pensioner about a criminal case being opened for storing a large sum of money.
And then he offered to help avoid responsibility by “declaring” the money by transferring it to the specified accounts.
They wanted another 10 thousand
The citizen followed all the instructions and lost 45,000 rubles.
When she asked for a refund, she was told that she needed to transfer another 10,000 rubles to make the refund.
The pensioner realized that she was dealing with scammers and contacted law enforcement agencies.
A criminal case has been opened on the fact of fraud on an especially large scale.
The Investigative Committee reminded: law enforcement officers will never call to clarify your personal information or ask for a money transfer.
If during a conversation a stranger starts talking about this kind of thing (they may also ask you for a loan, say that you have won a lottery, won a prize in a company promotion, etc.), it is better to immediately end the conversation with him.
