A teenager with a criminal record for fraud "sold" a car to a Mogilev resident

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A Homel resident with a criminal record for committing fraud deceived a resident of Mogilev, selling her a non-existent car. This was reported in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee.

A 40-year-old local resident turned to the operational-duty service of the Leninsky district police department of Mogilev. The applicant said that she was deceived on the Internet: she transferred a deposit for the purchase of a car, but did not wait for either the car or the money.

The police found out that the victim was deceived by a 17-year-old resident of Gomel, who had previously been convicted of fraud. The guy once again created several ads on one of the Internet platforms for the sale of various vehicles. He offered everyone who wanted to buy cars and asked for a deposit as a guarantee that the transaction would take place. When the aggrieved mogilevchanka sent the teenager the necessary amount, he deleted the ad and stopped contacting her. The Homel resident spent the money on personal needs. Investigators opened a criminal case against the defendant.

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In Brest, a 31-year-old woman tried to exchange more than Br3. 6 thousand and lost the entire amount, BelTA learned from the Regional executive committee's internal Affairs department.

In mid-November, a resident of the regional center wanted to exchange cash Belarusian banknotes for non-cash ones in foreign currency. With such a request, she turned to several Telegram channels, but no one responded to her offer. A day later, the man answered and offered an exchange rate, which the Brest resident arranged. In correspondence, they agreed to meet in person for an exchange near one of the city's shopping centers.

At the appointed time, the woman arrived at the place and reported this to the Internet interlocutor. In response, he asked to convert Belarusian rubles into dollars and give it to a young man who was waiting in the parking lot in a car, calling him a friend. Brest resident did just that. When she handed over the money to the driver, her virtual interlocutor sent a photo of the transfer receipt to a bank card. The woman thought the check was fake, and the funds to her account were not received, as she wrote in the message. After that, her correspondence with a virtual friend in the messenger disappeared. All messages were also deleted from the driver, who agreed with the same person in Telegram to make an exchange. The deceived citizen turned to the police for help.

"It turned out that the driver, to whom the Brest resident handed over cash, was looking for options in Telegram for exchanging cryptocurrency into dollars. The virtual interlocutor who agreed to the operation asked him to come to the shopping center, saying that the currency would be handed over not by him personally, but by a friend," the Department of Internal Affairs of the Brest Regional Executive Committee said. The fraudster turned out an intricate scheme in which he brought together two people who wanted to exchange currency, leaving one of them in a fool.

Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 209 (fraud) of the Criminal Code. It is noted that this is the first such case of fraud in the Brest region.

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The foreman from Vitebsk, in order not to become a person involved in a criminal case for treason and prove his innocence in financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine, opened access to accounts to fraudsters and lost Br23,6 thousand. BelTA learned this from the Department of Internal Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

"Z7-year-old foreman of one of the major construction organizations in the messenger called an unknown person. Introducing herself as an investigator of the special service, the stranger said that a criminal case had been opened against the man for treason to the Motherland, since a large sum had been sent from his account to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After that, the victim was notified that further employees would communicate with him, who would tell him how to act in order to prove their non-involvement in the transfers, " Nikolai Grigoriev, head of the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs of Vitebsk, told about the widespread fraud scheme.

For several days, the frightened Vitebsk resident followed all the recommendations of scammers. During this time, he managed to communicate with three false employees of the special service, who claimed that they did not believe in the involvement of Vitsebsk resident in the transfers, you only need to follow their instructions. First, the victim was persuaded to install a program for remote control of his smartphone. After this was done, the scammers asked the man to send his photo and put a passport next to his face, which he did.

The attackers took possession of the necessary personal data of their victim, instantly emptying all her bank cards. As a result, a resident of Vitebsk lost Br23,6 thousand.

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A resident of the capital transferred Br9 thousand to fraudsters, and they issued two more online loans for Br9 thousand in her name. This was reported in the police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

An employee of the National Bank allegedly called the Minchanka on her mobile phone, who said that unknown people had debited Br1 thousand from her account. The swindler promised to investigate the situation, after which he called the victim back in the messenger and convinced her to install the remote access application, as well as tell him her passport data. At the direction of the caller, the victim transferred Br9 thousand to the specified account, after which the fraudster stopped contacting her and deleted the correspondence.

After the Minsk resident applied for help to the police, she was informed that scammers in two banks issued online loans on her behalf in the amount of more than Br9 thousand and transferred money to their accounts. The total amount of damage was over Br18 thousand. Investigators opened a criminal case.
 
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