Fraudsters, under the pretext of investing in bonds, swindled more than 23,000 rubles from a Minsk resident.
The press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
How the scammers operated
A woman who believed the promises of easy money on the Internet and lost a large sum of money contacted the Moscow District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk.
The applicant saw an advertisement for one of the banks on the social network Instagram (banned in Russia, owned by the Meta company, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation), offering to invest in the bonds of this bank.
A Minsk resident left a request for a consultation. Soon, "representatives of a credit and financial organization" contacted her.
They sent her bank details for replenishment and a link to a website where she could monitor her earnings.
Having invested over 23,000 rubles in non-existent bonds, the woman tried to withdraw the profit, but the site stopped working. A criminal case has been opened.
