A 62-year-old resident of Minsk became the victim of a multi-stage fraudulent scheme and lost 35 thousand rubles. This was reported to BELTA by the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

Initially, the applicant received a call from a "doorphone service" worker who, under the pretext of receiving new keys, extracted the code from an SMS. Then, a fake representative of BelGIÉ contacted the Minsk resident and convinced him that illegal financial operations were being carried out in his name.

Next, a "KGC employee" entered the picture. He claimed that scammers had taken out loans in the man's name for 50 thousand rubles, and that in order to annul them, it was necessary to take out new loans. Upon learning of the presence of family savings, the interlocutor began to threaten a search and seizure of funds, insisting on their "declaration" and transfer for verification.

Believing the scammers, the man handed over 25 thousand rubles to a courier, then took out a loan of 10 thousand rubles and transferred it to the provided account. The scammers promised to return the money after "verification", but the next morning, the Minsk resident discovered that all correspondence had been deleted, and contact with the "curators" had been severed.

Operatives identified the courier as a 19-year-old resident of Gomel, who had also been deceived by telephone scammers. A criminal case has been initiated.