{"id":188399,"date":"2026-05-21T12:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188399\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:49:39","slug":"belarus-grapples-with-scamming-surge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188399\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus grapples with scamming surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 police received more than 400 complains about phone calls from scammers on May 20, the interior ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police registered 43 crimes committed using information and communication technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has initiated the blocking of 13 phishing sites and 46 bank accounts used by scammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also arrested five couriers, seizing nearly 200,000 rubels in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that scammers mostly engage in vishing, a cybercrime where scammers use phone calls or voice messages to trick victims into revealing sensitive information, such as passwords or bank details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moshennik_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moshennik_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moshennik_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moshennik_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moshennik_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moshennik_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Police report surge in phone scams<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 27, Pozirk. The Belarusian police received more than 400 reports of calls from phone scammers yesterday, the interior ministry&#039;s press office says. Authorities suspended outgoing transactions on 44 accounts and blocked 16 phishing websites, designed to mimic e-commerce platforms, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/185109\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 police received more than 400 complains about phone calls from scammers on May 20, the interior ministry reported. Police registered 43 crimes committed using information and communication technologies. It has initiated the blocking of 13 phishing sites and 46 bank accounts used by scammers. Police also arrested five couriers, seizing nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":64442,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-188399","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus grapples with scamming surge | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 21, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 police received more than 400 complains about phone calls from scammers on May 20, the interior ministry reported. 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