Telephone scammers posing as representatives of a mobile operator, the Department of Financial Investigations and a bank swindled almost 40,000 rubles from a pensioner from 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
A 68-year-old pensioner who became a victim of fraud contacted the Partizansky District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk.
The applicant received a call via messenger allegedly from a representative of a mobile operator.
The caller reported the need to close the subscriber number due to its use by fraudsters for criminal purposes.
Then the pensioner was contacted by an alleged employee of the Department of Financial Investigations. He told the Minsk resident that the fraudsters, having taken possession of his passport data, had made several loan applications in his name.
The man was then transferred to a “bank employee” who recommended installing a remote access program on his phone and transferring money to a secure account.
The pensioner believed it, went to the bank and transferred almost 40,000 rubles to the accounts indicated by the scammers.
A criminal case of fraud has been opened on this fact.
