In the Almaty region, police prevented a major online fraud: a man under psychological pressure from criminals nearly took out loans totaling over 13 million tenge, reports infohub.kz.
According to the Interior Ministry's media portal, after a signal about suspicious activity, cyber police immediately went to the potential victim's workplace. The man, who believed the criminals, acted strictly according to their instructions. The fraudsters convinced him to hide from those around him, not to answer calls from relatives and police, and to take out loans from several banks. He was effectively under constant psychological influence from the criminals.
The police tried to contact the man, but he did not even answer calls from family members. Then the cyber police found his wife and children and explained the situation. Relatives were advised to immediately contact the banks and report a possible fraudulent loan application. As a result, the banks refused to issue the money, preventing the loss of a large sum.
The police found the man on the premises of an industrial base. Despite repeated attempts to explain what was happening, he continued to trust the unknown persons and initially did not believe either the police or his own son. Only after the man realized that he could indeed have taken out loans totaling over 13 million tenge and handed the money over to fraudsters did he grasp the scale of what had happened.
This case once again shows how strongly criminals can psychologically influence their victims, making them hide from relatives and law enforcement and follow all instructions. Police note that the rapid detection of suspicious calls allows timely intervention and crime prevention. In just one day, thanks to the system's work in the Almaty region, 13 cases of online fraud were prevented.