Resident of Ushachy Transferred 100 Thousand Dollars to Scammers and Didn't Tell His Wife
On the afternoon of December 20, a 61-year-old resident of the urban settlement of Ushachy was called by scammers. Posing as employees of an organization that services apartment intercom systems, the perpetrators offered to replace the old chip with a new one.
After receiving consent, messages with codes began arriving on the victim's phone number, which he, following instructions, reported, writes the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Soon after this, the man was called by new individuals who introduced themselves as law enforcement officers. They began to intimidate their victim with a fabricated story, stating that through his bank accounts, funds were being transferred to finance military actions on the territory of another country.
Under the pretext of avoiding criminal liability, the perpetrators demanded that the man "declare" all his personal savings. For this, it was necessary to transfer the money to a "trusted person" in Vitebsk.
Following the instructions received, the victim, after a few days, collected all his accumulated funds — 91.5 thousand dollars, 1450 euros, and 8900 Belarusian rubles, arrived in Vitebsk, where he handed over the large sum to the scammers' courier.
The disappearance of the money was discovered the next day by the victim's wife. Initially, honoring his promise of non-disclosure given to the perpetrators, the man did not report what had happened, but later revealed the secret. The couple contacted the police.
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