During the day, the police received about 200 reports of calls scammers

During the day, the police received about 200 reports of phone calls scammers. In total, 14 crimes involving the use of information and communication technologies were registered, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency reports.

The department of fraud processing of the Ministry of Internal Affairs blocked payments to five foreign details used by the attackers. Operatives also detained a courier who worked for scammers.

According to the method of committing crimes, visching on behalf of officials, deception when buying goods on the Internet, theft using social networks and phishing were in the lead.

The police reminds: offers of quick earnings or purchase of goods at a much reduced price on the Internet are associated with the risk of losing money. When communicating with fraudsters on the phone, you need to stop the conversation and inform the police on the number 102.