A Woman From Minsk Fell For A Scam And Gave The Scammers All Her Savings "for An Appraisal"

She left the money under the apple tree.

A 47-year-old woman from Minsk fell for a phone scam and handed over all her savings “for examination,” according to one of the security forces’ Telegram channels.

First, she received a call on “Viber” from people claiming to be “Belpost” employees, who told her she needed to pick up a registered letter and, to do so, had to provide a code from a text message.

After that, she received a call from a “cybersecurity officer.” She said that the Minsk woman’s personal data had fallen into the hands of cybercriminals, who were transferring money in her name “to support military operations,” and that a criminal case would now be opened against her under the treason statute.

The scammers then convinced the Minsk woman to write a receipt, count all the cash she had at home on camera, and hand it over for “examination” so that the cash wouldn’t be seized during a search of her apartment, which, according to them, was supposed to take place soon.

The woman took the money to the specified location and left it under an apple tree in the Minsk District.

But the scammers didn’t stop there. They claimed that loans were being taken out in the Minsk woman’s name and suggested that she take out a loan herself to prevent the criminals from getting the money.

A few hours after carrying out all the actions as instructed by the scammers, the woman realized she had been the victim of a scam. She lost 140,000 rubles.

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