In the Almaty region, a man nearly took out loans of over 13 million tenge after talking to online scammers. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
According to the regional police department, the fraudsters convinced him of their version of events so much that they forced him to hide from his family and not answer calls.
The man, following the scammers' instructions, stopped communicating with relatives and tried to take out loans in several banks at once. At that time, a special system for detecting fraudulent calls recorded suspicious activity.
Police quickly found his wife and children and told them what was happening. Relatives immediately contacted the banks. This made it possible to stop the issuance of loans.
The man himself was found by police on the territory of an industrial base. However, even after the meeting, he continued to believe the strangers and did not listen to police officers or his own son.
Only when they explained to him that he had nearly transferred more than 13 million tenge to scammers did the man realize he had been deceived.
"In just one day in the Almaty region, 13 similar cases were prevented. Over the past three years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prevented 1,152 cases of online fraud across the country totaling more than 1.5 billion tenge. In addition, scammers were not allowed to withdraw 2.7 billion tenge abroad, and victims were returned more than 5.6 billion tenge," the department reported.
Police advise immediately ending the conversation if strangers demand to hide communication from loved ones, take out loans, transfer money, or install unknown applications. In such a situation, it is better to call the bank or police yourself.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that scammers are increasingly using modern technologies and AI to steal money from Kazakhstanis.