Recently in Minsk, telephone scammers tricked the director of a large organization out of 100,000 rubles.
The Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of the capital told about current fraud schemes and precautionary measures.
How scammers deceive Belarusians
As reported by sb.by with reference to the head of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of the capital, Alexander Aleshkevich, one of the current schemes is when scammers write from fake accounts on behalf of the manager.
There was such a case recently. A resident of the capital received a message in a messenger allegedly from the manager.
The "chief" reported that some of the organization's employees sponsor suspicious funds and, in connection with this, all employees are being checked for involvement in illegal activities.
Then the Minsk resident received a call from someone who was allegedly conducting the investigation. The woman was told that she was among the suspects and that she needed to transfer 3,000 rubles to the specified account in order to track her financial transactions. After the funds were transferred, the Minsk resident was no longer contacted.
Another common scheme is a call with a message about a leak of personal data and the registration of a loan in the person’s name.
Recently, fraudsters used this scheme to deceive the director of a large capital city organization.
A man received a message in a messenger from someone who allegedly was his boss, informing him about a leak of personal data of company employees.
Then a call came in, allegedly from a law enforcement officer. The caller told the Minsk resident that several loans had been issued using his personal data and that he needed to independently issue a loan for a similar amount and put the money into an insurance account.
Having taken out loans from several banks, the man transferred 100,000 rubles to the scammers.
The police remind you: do not talk to strangers. If the message comes from a manager, you should personally verify the authenticity of what is stated.
Do not share personal data, confirmation codes, passwords or other secret information with anyone.
Remember: bank employees do not call via messengers and do not resolve questions about dubious transactions over the phone. In any suspicious situation, end the conversation.
