Two 19-year-old accomplices of telephone scammers have been detained in Minsk.
The press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
How the scammers operated
Fraudsters operating under the scheme “Your relative was in an accident” deceived two residents of Minsk.
The women handed over over 44,000 rubles in equivalent to the fraudsters’ couriers in order to save their relatives from liability.
The couriers were detained. They turned out to be 19-year-old guys. According to one of the detainees, he was looking for a part-time job and left a message in a messenger group about his desire to earn some extra money.
An unknown person immediately wrote him a private message and offered him a simple job: transporting money from one point to another.
The guy completed the first order alone, and got his friend involved in the second one. The young people took the money together and transferred it to scammers abroad.
The guys kept a small amount for themselves as a reward. Criminal cases have been opened against the young men.
The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee reminds: when receiving such calls, you must immediately end the conversation and report the incident to the police.
The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs also reminded that the fraudsters' couriers are subject to criminal liability on an equal basis with other participants in the criminal scheme and are obliged to compensate for the damage.
