The fraudster deceived the whole country and became richer by 3 billion rubles

Admit that you would not refuse to use licensed programs for free and update them without thinking about the bills. Similarly, officials from the government of the African state of Zimbabwe were not against the donation. These guys believed in a fairy tale and gave the crook $ 40 million (2.9 billion rubles) to never pay for Microsoft products again.

This detective and very stupid story began in 2019, when a young man named John Dawson appeared in the "corridors of power" of the poorest country on the planet. The guy introduced himself as an employee of Microsoft and said that he had arrived in Zimbabwe on behalf of Bill Gates himself.

According to Dawson, the founder of the company that released Windows, a well-known philanthropist and philanthropist, is saddened by the poverty prevailing in the country and wants to support it. Gates authorized John Dawson to enter into a one-time deal on behalf of the company to service Microsoft products.

By paying a fixed amount of $ 40 million once, the government of Zimbabwe is permanently exempt from the need to pay every month for the use of licensed programs of the brand and from now on, government computers in the country will receive free updates to the new version of the operating system.

As a bonus, Dawson updated the software on the computers of Zimbabwean politicians, installed them free Microsoft Office, and also updated Windows 7 to Windows 10, of course, also for free. Everyone was charmed by the polite and professional employee of the American company, who was so kind that he held a three-day workshop for local IT specialists, teaching them how to update programs and install patches.

After receiving $ 40 million, Dawson said a warm goodbye to the simple-minded officials and left to do good on a private business jet. To the surprise of employees of the Ministry of Finance of Zimbabwe, a year later, Microsoft, as usual, billed the country for its products.

Officials contacted the corporation's office to report the misunderstanding and were horrified to learn that no Dawson was known there, and certainly no one was sent to Africa to deal with updates. After that, it turned out that the young man, who introduced himself as Dawson, simply updated Windows on government computers to the tenth version, which can be done absolutely for free and so on.

Where he flew after the completion of Dawson's brilliant scam on a private plane could not be found out. A year and a half after the scam, you can look for a fraudster like the wind in the field. There is an assumption that he is from South Africa and is still on the Black Continent, reaping the fruits of his machinations.