Telephone scammers posing as representatives of a mobile operator, the Department of Financial Investigations and a bank swindled 40,000 rubles from a pensioner from Minsk.
A criminal case of fraud on an especially large scale has been opened on this fact.
The press service of the Investigative Committee's Minsk office reported this on October 16.
How the scammers operated
In July, a 68-year-old resident of the Partizansky district of Minsk received a call from a foreign number.
The caller, who introduced himself as a representative of a mobile operator, informed the pensioner of the need to close his subscriber number due to the use of his personal data for criminal purposes.
The caller also told the Minsk resident that they were trying to use his information to obtain loans on online trading platforms.
Then the pensioner received a call from a "DFR employee". On his instructions, the Minsk resident installed a remote access application.
After this, the pensioner spoke to a "bank employee" who provided the card details for further transactions. The accounts were foreign.
In two months, a Minsk resident replenished the fraudsters’ accounts with 40,000 rubles.
A criminal case has been opened on this fact under Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale).
