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An attacker operating on a social network offered his victims to sell a driver’s license or illegally exchange a foreign license for a Belarusian equivalent. Four people fell for the scammer’s trick, among them a resident of Molodechno, BelTA was told by the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.
Thus, a resident of Molodechno, having a driver’s license from a foreign country, decided to exchange it for a Belarusian license for money. On a social network, a woman came across an advertisement that offered to illegally obtain an official driver’s license. After clicking on the link, she asked the seller about the amount. The attacker, introducing himself as Maxim Vladimirovich, asked for Br850 for category “B”, and then made a more favorable offer: for Br1 thousand - categories “B” and “C”. The woman agreed to the last offer and transferred an advance in the amount of Br300.
A couple of days later, the buyer was contacted and informed that she could pick up the finished license in Minsk at the station. Having deposited the remaining Br700, she went to the station. However, along the way, “Maxim Vladimirovich” reported that an error had occurred and the woman supposedly needed to transfer another Br400. She did not transfer the money. Then the scammer said that until she did this, he would not come. Realizing that she had been deceived, the woman contacted the police.
During the investigation, law enforcement officers found out that this “seller” deceived three more people out of Br7 thousand.
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A 67-year-old resident of the Krupsky district received a call from a stranger via messenger and said that criminals were trying to find out her bank information, gain access to her accounts and take possession of her money. An unknown person advised the pensioner to transfer all her existing savings to a certain “safe account.” The woman was so scared that she transferred all her savings to the scammers. She also handed over gold items to a pawnshop and transferred the money received to the scammers.
However, the Br80 thousand received from a defrauded resident of the Krupsky district did not seem enough to the attackers, and they called again. Having frightened the woman even more, the scammers said that the criminals wanted to re-register her apartment, so the housing urgently needed to be sold. The callers even found a real estate company in Borisov and told their victim to wait for its representative to complete all the documents. They hoped that the woman would transfer them money from the sold apartment. The pensioner, however, decided to call her son and told everything. The man immediately contacted the police.
Based on the fact of fraud on an especially large scale, law enforcement officers are carrying out a set of operational measures, and investigators have opened a criminal case.
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A resident of Baranovichi became a victim of telephone scammers, losing more than Br50 thousand.
A 60-year-old man contacted the police department on duty with a statement about the seizure of money. According to the victim, a stranger called him on his mobile phone and introduced himself as a KGB officer. He told the townsman that a general power of attorney had been opened in his name and someone was trying to take out a loan. Afterwards, an alleged bank employee entered the conversation. Under her leadership, the man visited three banks and took out loans for himself. In addition, he also transferred personal savings to the scammers. The next day, the victim was waiting for the promised courier, who was supposed to bring documents and a bank card with money. However, no one ever came to him.
Thus, a resident of Molodechno, having a driver’s license from a foreign country, decided to exchange it for a Belarusian license for money. On a social network, a woman came across an advertisement that offered to illegally obtain an official driver’s license. After clicking on the link, she asked the seller about the amount. The attacker, introducing himself as Maxim Vladimirovich, asked for Br850 for category “B”, and then made a more favorable offer: for Br1 thousand - categories “B” and “C”. The woman agreed to the last offer and transferred an advance in the amount of Br300.
A couple of days later, the buyer was contacted and informed that she could pick up the finished license in Minsk at the station. Having deposited the remaining Br700, she went to the station. However, along the way, “Maxim Vladimirovich” reported that an error had occurred and the woman supposedly needed to transfer another Br400. She did not transfer the money. Then the scammer said that until she did this, he would not come. Realizing that she had been deceived, the woman contacted the police.
During the investigation, law enforcement officers found out that this “seller” deceived three more people out of Br7 thousand.
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A 67-year-old resident of the Krupsky district received a call from a stranger via messenger and said that criminals were trying to find out her bank information, gain access to her accounts and take possession of her money. An unknown person advised the pensioner to transfer all her existing savings to a certain “safe account.” The woman was so scared that she transferred all her savings to the scammers. She also handed over gold items to a pawnshop and transferred the money received to the scammers.
However, the Br80 thousand received from a defrauded resident of the Krupsky district did not seem enough to the attackers, and they called again. Having frightened the woman even more, the scammers said that the criminals wanted to re-register her apartment, so the housing urgently needed to be sold. The callers even found a real estate company in Borisov and told their victim to wait for its representative to complete all the documents. They hoped that the woman would transfer them money from the sold apartment. The pensioner, however, decided to call her son and told everything. The man immediately contacted the police.
Based on the fact of fraud on an especially large scale, law enforcement officers are carrying out a set of operational measures, and investigators have opened a criminal case.
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A resident of Baranovichi became a victim of telephone scammers, losing more than Br50 thousand.
A 60-year-old man contacted the police department on duty with a statement about the seizure of money. According to the victim, a stranger called him on his mobile phone and introduced himself as a KGB officer. He told the townsman that a general power of attorney had been opened in his name and someone was trying to take out a loan. Afterwards, an alleged bank employee entered the conversation. Under her leadership, the man visited three banks and took out loans for himself. In addition, he also transferred personal savings to the scammers. The next day, the victim was waiting for the promised courier, who was supposed to bring documents and a bank card with money. However, no one ever came to him.
