Fraudsters lured from a resident of the Pukhovichi district $ 43 thousand and forced to take a loan – a criminal case was initiated

A resident of the Pukhovichi district, who became a victim of telephone fraudsters, appealed to the police. This was reported in the press service of the UK, writes sb.by.

According to the investigation, at the end of October, a 36-year-old resident of the Pukhovichi district received a call from an unknown woman who introduced herself as an employee of a courier company. She said that he received a package and asked to dictate the code from the message. The man gave the requested information, after which the conversation stopped.

In the evening of the same day, he was called allegedly from BelGIE. The interlocutor said that suspicious activity was revealed in the accounts of the victim: allegedly there was a hack, the forwarding of calls and messages was connected, and the attackers gained access to his personal account in the Interbank identification system, passport data and electronic digital signature.

“Under the pretext of assisting, the victim was persuaded to write a statement and forward a photograph of the document, allegedly for transmission to the State Control Committee. Subsequently, the man was repeatedly contacted by false law enforcement officers. Communication with them took place exclusively in the messenger under the guise of data encryption, and the Viber application itself was forbidden to be closed by scammers, according to their words, it should function constantly to protect against viruses and spam.

The next day, the attackers dictated to the victim the content of various statements and sent forged documents with an “algorithm to counter fraudsters.” He was convinced that the funds are insured, but to “deactivate accounts” it is necessary to cash all savings. In addition, the criminals intimidated the man with criminal liability for disclosing confidential information. In case of questions about the purpose of cashing the funds, they ordered the answer that the funds go to buy a car or real estate.

Under psychological pressure, a resident of the Pukhovichi district visited two Minsk branches of the bank, where he withdrew $43,000 from his accounts. At the direction of the scammers, the man went to the outskirts of the capital, where he met with a false employee of the cash settlement center of Naubank and gave him money for subsequent enrollment in a new “profile”.

A day later, the false law enforcement officers reported that two applications for a loan were issued in the name of the victim. In order to cancel them, new applications were required in person with financial institutions. In one of the departments, a man was shown a memo about fraudulent schemes, but he did not attach importance to it, being convinced that he was acting according to special instructions. He complied with the instructions of the scammers, received a loan in the amount of 50 thousand, which, on the instructions of the curators, also handed over to unknown persons.

Suspicions crept in as internet connections in rural areas deteriorated. He realized that he was a victim of intruders, and turned to law enforcement.

The fraudsters took possession of funds totaling more than 160 thousand. A criminal case has been opened. At present, investigative actions and operational-search measures are being carried out aimed at identifying the persons involved in the commission of the crime.

A resident of Belynichey believed in a mistake when calculating a pension and handed over to the courier of fraudsters about 230 thousand.