She took money from two addresses: 13-year-old schoolgirl from Minsk became a courier of fraudsters

The operatives of the Minsk police installed a 13-year-old schoolgirl, whom the phone fraudsters dragged into a criminal scheme and made their courier. This was reported in the Mingory Executive Committee, writes sb.by.

Minchanka met the boy on a popular online platform for dating and communication, working through a chatbot in Telegram. A new friend asked the schoolgirl where she lives, and asked to send coordinates, explaining that he does not know such an address. The girl complied with the request.

Soon, a video message came from the interlocutor, in which there was a man in military uniform. The girl was scared and deleted the correspondence. She was later called by an unknown woman. She began to intimidate the schoolgirl with charges of treason and promoting terrorism. The caller also said that if the girl does not cooperate, her parents will be imprisoned for 25 years, and she will be sent to an orphanage.

Frightened by threats, the schoolgirl followed the callers’ instructions. She called a taxi and took a dictated route. In total, the girl visited two addresses, where she took money from other minors belonging to their parents.

The scammers then told her to go out of town and leave the cash they received at the designated location. After completing the tasks, the scammers deleted the correspondence.

A criminal case has been opened on this fact.

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