MOSCOW, August 10 A vigilant taxi driver helped an elderly Muscovite from whom fraudsters tried to swindle 750,000 rubles, the press service of the Metropolitan Police said.
According to the department, the attackers wanted to breed a 91-year-old pensioner according to the classic «your relative is in trouble» scheme. The woman was allegedly called by her granddaughter and said that she had suffered in an accident and she needed money for an expensive operation. «Granddaughter» convinced her grandmother to collect a large sum of money and wait for the courier.
A taxi driver had to pick up the parcel from the pensioner and take it to Ivanteevka. He accepted the order, but he was alerted that the pensioner was very nervous, so on the way to his destination he checked the contents of the package. It contained several things and more than 750 thousand rubles. Then the taxi driver turned to the police.
«The operatives seized the cash and returned it to the victim, and also detained a 27-year-old resident of the Moscow region, who, according to preliminary information, sent a taxi driver for money,» the press service said. service.
The police opened a criminal case on attempted fraud. The detainee was placed under house arrest. html» data-title=»Russians were given advice on what to do if scammers called»>