In Grodno, a pensioner sold an apartment on the instructions of fraudsters and almost lost more than 130 thousand.

A resident of Grodno sold the apartment on the instructions of scammers and almost lost a large amount of money. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee , writes sb.by.

According to the investigation, in August-September 2026, a 66-year-old woman fell victim to a multi-stage scheme of telephone fraudsters. The deception began with a call in the messenger under the pretext of "replacing the intercom". The pensioner dictated the code from the message to an unknown person, after which the intruders, who introduced themselves as law enforcement officers, entered the conversation.

Intimidating the victim with allegations that her personal data had allegedly been stolen and had already been used to issue a power of attorney to sell the apartment, the scammers persuaded her to conduct a fictitious transaction to save the property.

Being under psychological pressure, the resident of Grodno sold the housing, received more than 130 thousand in cash and, following the instructions of the curators, intended to take the entire amount to Minsk for crediting to the so-called safe account.

— The attackers failed to bring the criminal intent to the end due to the timely intervention of the victim's daughter. She convinced her mother to stop communicating and revealed to her the true nature of what was happening. The woman appealed to the police, — told the details in the Investigative Committee. — The Grodno Interdistrict Department of the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case on this fact under Part 1 of Article 14, Part 4 of Article 209 (attempted fraud committed on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

In Minsk, a pensioner intimidated by scammers gave all her savings to a courier who also became a victim of their fraud