Police warns pensioners over female swindlers
The Belarus police have called on pensioners in the Hrodna region not to enter into financial transactions with strangers. The wanted female swindlers are reported to have showed up in this region after conning a dozen of rural pensioners in different districts of the Brest region. Police are failing to track down the swindlers.
Recently, an unknown woman who introduced herself as a social security agency worker proposed an old woman in the village of Beliakouschyna, Hrodna region to exchange the Belarusian money into the Russian currency. She scared the old woman by insisting that the Belarusian money was soon to be abolished.
To make the old woman convinced, the swindler copied the passport details into a register and displayed a certain amount of money. Eventually, the 84-year-old woman departed with Br500,000 ($250).
Similar cases were reported from Schuchyn and Lida districts in the Hrodna region, where pensioners gave several million rubels to the swindlers. The group also operated in the Vitsebsk region some time ago, writes Respublika newspaper.
Recently, an unknown woman who introduced herself as a social security agency worker proposed an old woman in the village of Beliakouschyna, Hrodna region to exchange the Belarusian money into the Russian currency. She scared the old woman by insisting that the Belarusian money was soon to be abolished.
To make the old woman convinced, the swindler copied the passport details into a register and displayed a certain amount of money. Eventually, the 84-year-old woman departed with Br500,000 ($250).
Similar cases were reported from Schuchyn and Lida districts in the Hrodna region, where pensioners gave several million rubels to the swindlers. The group also operated in the Vitsebsk region some time ago, writes Respublika newspaper.
