A resident of Grodno was going to transfer 120,000 rubles to telephone scammers, but her husband stopped her.
A criminal case has been opened on attempted fraud on an especially large scale.
This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Grodno Region.
How the scammers operated
According to the investigation, on September 16, a 78-year-old Grodno resident received a call from an alleged financial police officer.
The caller said that a loan for 38,000 rubles had been issued in the woman's name. The pensioner replied that she had not issued anything, but the fake employee said that the funds would be stolen and transferred abroad, and then asked if the woman had any cash.
Having received a positive response, the fraudster said that the money had to be declared by transferring it to the account he specified.
However, the swindlers' plans were not destined to come true. The pensioner's husband noticed her unnatural behavior, and she told him everything.
The man realized that scammers were trying to deceive his wife and contacted the police.
In total, the Grodno resident was going to transfer 120,000 rubles to the scammers. The scammers called her from different numbers, insisting on secrecy and urgency of the money transfer.
The Grodno inter-district department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on this fact under Part 1 of Article 14 and Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (attempted fraud on an especially large scale).
The Investigative Committee reminds: employees of banks and other services do not call via messengers and do not demand money.
