The Internal Affairs Department of the Lenin District has initiated a criminal investigation in which the pensioner is listed as the victim.
According to her, it all started with a message from an unfamiliar number, which introduced itself as an old acquaintance. The stranger accused her of having suspicious transactions on her bank account related to financing terrorist groups in Syria and assured her that she would soon receive a call from the GKNB to resolve the issue.
Over the course of a week, the pensioner received calls both from the GKNB and from the National Bank, unaware that all the callers were scammers. Under their influence, she decided to sell her apartment and headed to one of the shopping centers to transfer money to the criminals' account.
However, as she was leaving home, she forgot her mobile phone. After getting into a taxi, the pensioner arrived at the shopping center, but not knowing what to do, she noticed the GKNB building and decided to go inside. In the reception area, when she began to clarify information about the person who had called her, GKNB employees suspected something was wrong and advised her to stop communicating with the scammers and to contact the police.
Thus, thanks to her forgetfulness, the woman managed to avoid serious financial losses.
