Telephone scammers posing as bank employees swindled more than 115,000 rubles from a Minsk resident.
A criminal case has been opened on fraud on an especially large scale.
This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee's Minsk office.
How the scammers operated
In October, a 49-year-old resident of the capital received a call allegedly from the bank, informing him that a loan had been approved.
When the man replied that he had not taken out a loan, he was transferred to another employee, who said that due to a large-scale leak of clients’ personal data, the bank was offering victims of criminal activity the opportunity to transfer their savings to secure accounts and take out loans.
The Minsk resident believed it. Following the instructions of the fake consultant, he transferred 38,000 rubles to the fraudsters' accounts and also handed over the accumulated dollars and euros to the courier.
The man then went to the bank for a loan. When the Minsk resident, having received a loan of 46,000 rubles, was cashing the money and making an international transfer, police officers approached him.
From them, the Minsk resident learned that he had become a victim of fraudsters. The damage caused exceeded 115,000 rubles.
A criminal case has been opened under Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale).
