Lost apartment and $25,000 in savings. A Minsk university employee was scammed
In Minsk, a 68-year-old employee of one of the capital's universities fell victim to fraud, losing all her savings and her apartment. The criminals used a popular "fake boss" scheme, which started with a message in a messenger.
The woman received a voice message from the alleged rector of the university, demanding that she follow all orders from employees of the financial investigations department – an investigation was supposedly underway at the university. Soon, scammers contacted her, stating that the Minsk resident was a suspect in a money laundering case, and ordered her to urgently "declare" cash.
The woman believed that remote cash collection was being carried out at the National Bank, took about $25,000 out of the city, and left it at the designated place under a stone.
After this, the fraudsters convinced her to sell her apartment, arguing that the property needed to be saved from being sold on the black market. The $105,000 received from the sale, the Minsk resident also took to the Minsk district and left near a dumpster.
The scammers did not stop there and demanded that she put her garage up for sale, but in this case, the woman refused. Instead, she borrowed 4,500 euros from her cohabitant and transferred them to the bank cards specified by the criminals.
The deception was only revealed when the new legal owner arrived at the apartment and asked the former owner to move out her belongings.
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