Beware of cyber fraudsters: police urge citizens to be as careful as possible
Law enforcers record an increase in the number of cases of fraud. Trustful citizens provide personal and banking data to unknown persons, and also transfer their savings without hesitation. Sometimes it's tens of thousands of dollars.
So, the other day three residents of the Kherson region suffered from the actions of scammers. Due to various fraudulent schemes and their gullibility, citizens lost all their savings.
Another victim of fraudsters was 59-year-old Kherson. A man on a social network saw an announcement about the provision of financial assistance from an allegedly international organization. He followed the link, entered his personal data and bank card details. A confirmation code came to his phone and after entering this code 23 thousand hryvnias disappeared from the applicant's card.
Under the same scheme, a 56-year-old woman lost her savings. She received a message on her mobile phone about receiving cash assistance from an international organization, where it was necessary to enter the PIN code of the card and register. After entering all the data from the applicant's bank card, UAH 4800 disappeared.
Also, a 48-year-old resident of the Kherson region turned to the police. He said that he found an advertisement on the Internet about the sale of a car at an affordable price. The applicant contacted the seller, agreed on the purchase of the vehicle and transferred UAH 70,000 for the car. After that, the seller disappeared and was no longer in touch.
But in Rivne region, a woman wanted to buy a moped, but due to the actions of fraudsters, she paid twice the specified amount without the received vehicle.
And in the Lviv region, an unknown person called a 75-year-old pensioner and, calling himself a bank employee, said that his pension card was blocked, so it was necessary to provide personal data to unlock it. After that, all the money was withdrawn from the applicant's card.
For all the facts, criminal proceedings under Art. 190 “Fraud” of the CCU.
In turn, cyber police advise:
- get information, especially regarding financial payments, only from official sources;
- carefully check the URL of the site, one inconspicuous character may mean that you have come across a phishing resource;
- do not follow dubious links and do not enter payment card details on unfamiliar and suspicious websites;
- Fraudsters rely on inattentive and technically uneducated people, usually the older generation. Therefore, warn your parents, grandparents so that they do not follow any links;
- if financial information is disclosed, contact the bank immediately and block the card.
Do not let yourself be deceived! Immediately report the incident to the police at number “102”.
National Police of Ukraine
