In Akkol, police officers prevented a case of internet fraud against a woman who had already transferred part of the sum to the scammers.
According to Polisia.kz, the resident received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number. The fraudsters used a picture of her boss as their profile image.
"Later, the woman received several calls from fake law enforcement and National Bank employees. The scammers convinced her to take out a loan of 1 million tenge from one of the banks", the report states.
Following the scammers' instructions, the woman took out a bank loan and was about to transfer the money to the accounts they specified.
However, police officers who were in the bank noticed the woman's strange behaviour: she was constantly on the phone, as if acting under instruction, and the bank manager told the officers that the loan had been taken out just a few minutes earlier.
"The police decided to intervene, interrupted the call, and explained to the woman that she could become a 'victim of fraudsters'. They took the phone themselves and, from the manner of the conversation, immediately realised they were dealing with scammers", the report says.
In the end, the woman had managed to transfer 550,000 tenge to the scammers, while the remaining amount stayed with her.
Earlier, as reported, a resident of Shymkent is suspected of collecting money under the pretence of helping to treat children from the Talgar district. He used photographs of children who genuinely suffered from cancer. At the same time, he provided the details of a dummy bank card.