A resident of Vitebsk under the influence of scammers took a loan of more than итель 38.5 thousand and transferred the money to the courier

The Vitebsk City Department of the Investigative Committee establishes the circumstances of fraud committed on a large scale. This was reported in the UK, writes sb.by.

According to the investigation, at the end of August 49-year-old resident of Vitebsk in the messenger called a man who introduced himself as an employee of the mobile operator. He proposed to connect the service for the promotion, for which the victim dictated the code from the SMS.

Immediately after the conversation, she received a phone call from an employee of the Department of Financial Investigations. He said that the woman had just transferred a large sum to Ukraine, and a criminal case was opened on this fact. The scammer persuaded the victim not to tell anyone about the incident, and on the same day the local resident wrote a receipt not to disclose the investigation data.

Then the pseudo-employee offered “help”: in order to not find money during the search, it was necessary to take a loan and declare the funds received. Following the instructions, the trusting woman issued loans worth more than 38.5 thousand and handed the money to the courier of fraudsters. After handing over the cash, she was informed that the loan obligations had allegedly been repaid.

In late September, the bank began to receive notifications about the need to repay the debt. The woman tried to contact a "department employee," but no one answered the calls. Only then did she realize that she had become a victim of fraudsters and turned to law enforcement.

The Vitebsk City Department of the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 209 (fraud committed on a large scale) of the Criminal Code. Investigative actions and operational-search measures are being carried out aimed at identifying the persons who committed the crime.

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