Minsk Resident Gave Two iPhones and Robot Vacuum Cleaners to Fraudsters as the Transferred Loan Was Insufficient
It all started with the phrase "A charitable account funding terrorists has been opened in your name".
A 32-year-old Minsk resident works as an engineer. He received a call from a woman who said that an inspection was being carried out at their workplace and that a representative of state bodies would soon contact him, reports 'Minsk Police'.
Next, the man received a call from a fake KGB officer who informed him that a charitable account had been opened in his name at a bank, and money from it was allegedly being used to finance terrorist organizations. To avoid criminal liability, he needed to return the funds that had supposedly already been transferred in his name.
The man took out four loans totaling 35,000 rubles and transferred the money to the account provided by the strangers. But the fraudsters didn't stop there — they asked him to arrange an installment plan for two robot vacuum cleaners, several iPhone 17 mobile phones, and smart speakers, as well as to buy an online course.
The man handed over the equipment, which he had acquired on an installment plan, to an unknown person in a shopping center, and sent the access code to the strangers via messenger. After this, they stopped responding, and the engineer realized what had happened and contacted the police.
The total amount of damage amounted to about 66,000 rubles. A criminal case has been initiated.
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