Pensioners attacked by phone swindlers

8 августа 2022
Beware: the scammer is on the line! The telephone swindlers continue to attack pensioners with made-up stories about the accident with their close relatives. Another cynical trick has been caught by a resident of Minsk. According to the Interior Ministry, a woman gave $37 thousand to the fraudsters. Minsk police officers identified and detained the alleged courier of swindlers. The scheme is classic: the victim was reported that her son had allegedly caused an accident with a pregnant girl and was offered to solve the problem for $15 thousand. 

Victim: "I received a phone call from a woman who introduced herself as a senior investigator of the Central Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She said: "Your son was involved in an accident. A woman was crossing the street on the green, and he hit a woman. She is now in a very serious condition. She urgently needs an operation." After some time, a courier arrived, and I gave him the package.

After a while, the pensioner was told that her son was also in the hospital in a serious condition and needed two paid surgeries. The woman handed over another $22,000 for the treatment. Two days later the courier was detained by detectives of Moskovsky District Police Department of Minsk. The detainee was prosecuted for fraud on a large scale. The police remind: hired couriers are liable to the law on a par with the organizers of criminal schemes