In Minsk, scammers made a 12-year-old schoolgirl carry out an “online search” at home and hand 600 roubles to a courier

In Minsk, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was made to carry out an "online search" at home and give 600 roubles to a courier. This was reported by the press service of the Minsk City Executive Committee's main police department. First, the girl got to know someone in a messenger app who was supposedly her own age.

Some time later, the stranger sent her a video message with drones and said: "Soon drones will fly to Minsk." Then a person who introduced himself as a civil servant called the seventh-grader and demanded that she immediately stop communicating.

The fake investigator declared the girl a suspect in a case of aiding terrorism. She was forbidden to tell anyone about what was happening, with a reference to the secrecy of the investigation.

According to the scammers, if the child told anyone about the calls, her parents faced from 20 years in prison to the death penalty, and she herself would be sent to a juvenile colony.

According to the police, the schoolgirl was in contact with the scammers for 5 days, with a break for the weekend, which she spent with her parents. After the break, people posing as tax officials joined the scheme: they said the family's savings had to be declared.

To avoid a real search, the girl was made to carry out an "online search" of the apartment. Under pressure, she found 600 roubles, put them in an envelope, drew a flower on it and handed it to the courier.

The courier turned out to be a 14-year-old student at a gymnasium in the capital, who had also fallen victim to deception by a similar scheme.

The 12-year-old's mother went to the police, to the Frunzenski district police department. A criminal case has been opened, and the police are looking for other participants in the scheme.