Beware of fraudsters! Police urge citizens to be as careful as possible
In Ukraine, fraudsters have become more active, trying to extort as much money as possible under the guise of various schemes. 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.
Thus, in Kherson during the day, police regions registered two facts of fraud related to payment cards and fake cash payments to victims of hostilities.
The Kherson resident contacted the police and said that a man called him, introduced himself as an employee of the bank's security service and said that unknown people were trying to withdraw funds from his account. The scammer said that the applicant had opened a new secure account and needed to transfer funds to it. After fulfilling all the conditions, 46 thousand hryvnias disappeared from the husband's account.
In addition, under the pretext of providing financial assistance to victims of hostilities, fraudsters withdrew 18 thousand hryvnias from the card of a resident of Kherson. The man read the message about the payments in one of the social networks, followed the link, filled in the data of his card, after which all the funds disappeared from his account.
But in Odesa region, a 32-year-old woman sold fictitious goods from a non-existent store. Law enforcement found that the attacker created several different groups on one of the popular Internet platforms with relevant ads. In the “assortment” of the attacker were toys, bicycles, swings, a variety of clothes and shoes.
Citizens who contacted her, she certified the availability of the goods they needed, its high quality and low price, that is, in the profitability and expediency of the purchase, and promised to send the order immediately after transferring money for it to the card account. The woman also had several of them, as well as “shops”.
However, immediately after receiving the money, the offender stopped communicating with deceived customers, blocking them.
In total, the police identified seven citizens from different parts of Ukraine, who were searched by the woman. Together, they transferred to the malefactors almost 16 thousand hryvnias.
Therefore, at the same time, we urge citizens to be careful, not to follow unverified links, but to take information about financial payments only from official sources. It is also worth being vigilant when making purchases through the Internet and not paying money in advance for goods or services.
Buy on cash on delivery and be sure to check the contents of the parcel at the post office. Or visit the shops that are in your locality, where you can definitely inspect the goods and evaluate its quality.
National Police of Ukraine
