Telephone scammers, under the pretext of earning money on the stock exchange, lured more than 30,000 rubles from a resident of Molodechno.
This was reported by the Telegram channel of the Internal Affairs Department of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.
How the scammers operated
A 59-year-old resident of Molodechno received a call in a messenger from a stranger who introduced himself as a broker and offered to start making money on stock exchange trading.
Intrigued, the woman invested $100. The "broker" showed the young woman the increase in profit on a fake website: in a matter of minutes, $100 turned into $150.
Subsequently, the pensioner, following the instructions of the “broker”, took out a loan for 17,000 rubles and handed the money over to a courier in Minsk.
On the same day, the woman took out another loan for 13,000 rubles and transferred the money to the “broker’s” card.
When the young woman wanted to withdraw her profits, the "broker" stopped communicating. The pensioner contacted the police.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of fraud on this fact.
For reference
Fraud is the theft of someone else's property or the acquisition of rights to someone else's property through deception or abuse of trust.
