Teen tricked into handing over $2M in valuables
A teenager, under the influence of scammers, cut open his grandfather's safe containing jewelry and cash worth a total of two million dollars and then handed them over to the fraudsters.
Consensus
- A 16-year-old schoolboy was deceived by fraudsters.
- The fraudsters pretended to be from a clinic and asked for a code related to 'Gosuslugi'.
- The boy was shown fake IDs and accused of financing terrorism during a Zoom call.
- The boy was forced to sign a non-disclosure declaration.
- The fraudsters learned about valuables stored in the boy's grandfather's home in the Moscow region.
- The boy's grandfather had traveled to Turkey.
- The boy allowed two 'agents' into the house at night.
- The agents used a grinder to open safes.
- Gold, luxury watches, and money totaling $2 million were placed in a backpack.
- The boy handed the backpack to a woman near a pond the next morning.
- Communication with the fraudsters in Telegram and Zoom was deleted afterward.
- An investigation was opened into the incident.
Points of divergence
- The total damage amounted to approximately $2 million. — riamo
- On July 28, the same fraudsters deceived an 18-year-old man in the Moscow region, resulting in a loss of 43 million rubles, with a total damage of 75 million rubles from their crimes. — vm
- The father of the boy said the perpetrators were recently caught and should be brought in for questioning. — riamo
- The father of the boy said the perpetrators had been recently arrested. — vesti
- The father of the boy said he is waiting for results from the interrogation and hopes the stolen items were not transferred to the organizers' accounts. — vm
- The father of the boy said he expects the perpetrators will not have had time to deposit the money into the fraudsters' accounts. — riamo
Coverage (3 sources)
- In Moscow, a schoolboy cut open a safe and handed valuables worth $2 million to scammers — РИАМО
- Teenage boy sawed his grandfather's safe and handed 2 million dollars to scammers — Вести
- Boy in Moscow Region cut open grandfather's safe and gave two million dollars to scammers — Вечерняя Москва