Woman gave half a million rubles to phone scammers and sold her car
It all started as usual. Unknown persons called a 48-year-old Minsk resident via messenger and, under the guise of replacing an intercom, tricked her into giving them an SMS code.
Then she was contacted by alleged National Bank employees and pseudo-law enforcement officers, who threatened her with criminal liability and a search, demanding that she declare her savings. The woman believed them and over two days handed over 490,000 rubles to couriers, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs press service.
On the third day, the scammers convinced the woman that her car had been put up for auction by criminals and would subsequently be considered stolen. To avoid problems, they advised her to urgently sell the car. She again handed over the 45,000 rubles received to a courier.
Detectives identified and arrested the couriers — a 57-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man. They themselves had previously fallen victim to a similar scheme, and then began to collect money from deceived citizens and transport it to a neighboring country for transfer to unknown individuals.
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А што гэтае мвд так сарамліва хавае назву краіны, дзе знікае скрадзенае?