The Internal Affairs Department of the Lenin District has initiated an investigation into a criminal case in which the victim is the pensioner.
According to her account, a stranger, posing as an old acquaintance, contacted her through a message. He accused the woman of having her bank accounts allegedly involved in suspicious operations financing terrorist groups in Syria and promised that she would receive help from the GKNB.
For a week, the pensioner received calls not only from "employees" of the GKNB but also from representatives of the National Bank, who were also, in fact, scammers. At that time, the woman was unaware of the fraud. Under the pressure of manipulation, she agreed to sell her apartment and headed to one of the shopping centers in the capital to transfer money to the scammers.
However, as she was leaving her house, she forgot her phone, took a taxi, and arrived at the shopping center. Not knowing what to do, the pensioner noticed the GKNB building and decided to seek help. When she began to inquire at the reception about the person who had called her, the GKNB employees suspected something was wrong and advised her to stop communicating with strangers and to contact the police.
Thus, a moment of forgetfulness helped the woman avoid serious losses.
