There was a failed coup attempt in Turkey.

I don’t want to go into details, but one of the consequences of this incident was the mass arrests of senior military personnel, judges and lawyers who could be suspected of participating or manifesting sympathy for the opposition group. This was not overlooked by the fraudsters, who began to call people and blackmail them with the fact that their names were included in the list of suspects, from which you can get out by means of bribery.

One of the potential victims was a 16-year-old student from Izmir. The fraudsters told him the standard story and he replied that he did not have cash, but there is a car that he can sell for 40,000 Turkish lira (about 880,000 rubles), but first he must repay the debt on it in the amount of 2,000 lira (about 44,000 rubles). As the Turkish proverb says, “You can’t pity a chicken if you get a goat.” Guided by this wisdom, the scammers sent the boy 2,000 liras, for which he immediately bought himself an iPad. When he was testifying to the police, he said he didn’t even believe it would go so easily. Otherwise I would ask for more.