Meeting a girl on the Internet resulted in a loss of more than 20,000 rubles for a Belarusian

14.11.2024 21:01

Meeting a girl on the Internet resulted in a loss of 21,000 rubles for a resident of Petrikov.

The press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.

How a Belarusian lost 21,000 rubles

A 27-year-old resident of Petrikov contacted the police with a statement about fraud.

This summer, the applicant met a girl on a dating site.

A new acquaintance told the young man about her considerable earnings on the cryptocurrency exchange and offered to take training.

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The guy agreed, created crypto wallets and started transferring money to the crypto wallets of the phishing exchange.

The promised income never arrived to the young man, and all correspondence was deleted. In total, the guy lost about 21,000 rubles.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on this fact regarding large-scale fraud.

The Gomel Regional Executive Committee Department of Internal Affairs reminds: you should not trust promises of easy money on the Internet.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor