Minsker helped grandma transfer money via ERIP. He was the scammers' courier, she was his victim
Scammers called an 18-year-old guy impersonating a mobile operator and informed him about the expiration of his contract. To extend it, the Minsker provided a code from an SMS message, reports "Minsk Police".
After that, a fake representative of the National Bank contacted him and reported that illegal operations were being carried out on his behalf. The guy got scared and agreed to follow all the scammers' instructions to avoid criminal liability.
First, he himself declared over 7000 dollars of personal savings. He put the money on his card, and then transferred it to the account specified by the scammers.
Later, the guy met with a 79-year-old pensioner and took a package of cash from her. The Minsker thought he was helping the woman "declare" her savings. And he also handed them over to the scammers via ERIP.
The woman received a call informing her about a recalculation of her work experience. Under the fabricated guise of a pension increase, they tricked her into providing a code from an SMS message, and then scared her. As a result, the woman handed over about 12,000 rubles to the courier.