Telephone scammers posing as law enforcement officers swindled almost 40,000 rubles from a resident of Smorgon.
The press service of the Internal Affairs Department of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
How the scammers operated
On October 11, a 58-year-old resident of Smorgon received a call on the WhatsApp messenger (banned in the Russian Federation, owned by the Meta company, which is recognized as extremist in Russia) allegedly from a law enforcement officer.
The caller told the man that he was suspected of financing extremist activities and warned that all his money would be confiscated during the search.
On the advice of a “law enforcement officer,” the Smorgon resident transferred almost 40,000 rubles to a “safe” account.
After that, they stopped contacting him. The man realized that he had become a victim of fraud and contacted the police.
The Smorgon District Department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on this fact regarding large-scale fraud.
Author: Timur Khomichev