A Minsk resident lost a huge amount of money due to scammers.
A pensioner living in the Sovietsky district of the Belarusian capital lost 70,000 BYN.
This was reported on the official website of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus.
How a Minsk resident lost money
Earlier this year, a 74-year-old woman saw a trading advertisement promising good profits by buying stocks and precious metals.
The pensioner left an application on an Internet resource.
As a result, an “analyst” contacted the Minsk resident: he began sending the pensioner messages in a messenger.
At the request of the interlocutor, the pensioner installed a program on her device that was a remote access application.
In addition, the woman applied for several bank cards.
Then, following the instructions of the “analyst,” the Minsk resident made several transactions and allegedly acquired a block of shares.
The pensioner paid for the latter by transferring money to the accounts that her interlocutor provided her with.
In total, the resident of the Sovietsky district of Minsk transferred 70,000 Belarusian rubles.
However, she did not receive any profit from the “shares”.
The woman asked the "analyst" why this was happening. The latter only told her to continue "investing."
As a result, the Minsk resident went to the bank to apply for a loan.
However, employees of the credit and financial institution suspected something was wrong. They assumed that the pensioner had contacted scammers and advised her to report the incident to law enforcement.
At first, the Minsk resident did not do this and tried to return the "invested" funds herself. But then the woman nevertheless wrote a statement to law enforcement agencies.
As a result, a criminal case was opened under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Belarus and measures were taken to identify the persons involved in the crime.
Representatives of the capital's Investigative Committee Department have addressed Belarusians with a reminder about the need to check business projects advertised on the Internet. Many of these "projects" can cause serious financial losses.
