Pseudo-bankers, “prosecutors” and scammers with the scheme “your relative is in trouble”: police exposed another fraudster
Police warn Ukrainians about fraudulent schemes to cheat money. Fraud is the easiest of the illegal ways to make money. Nevertheless, citizens will continue to trust strangers who call them or perform operations on the Internet, which fraudsters are behind.
So, the other day, the Precarpathian law enforcement officers found a 21-year-old man who searched a resident of the regional center. On September 18, an 86-year-old resident of Ivano-Frankivsk contacted the line “102”.
She said that an unknown woman called her, who reported that her daughter was in a traffic accident, and it was necessary to urgently transfer funds for treatment.
The pensioner did not check the information immediately, but believed the words of the scammer. Soon an unknown man came to her for money. The deceived applicant handed him 22,000 hryvnias and 200 US dollars. Later, she realized that she had been searched and immediately called law enforcement.
The police established the identity of the suspect, during the operational-search measures in a matter of hours they detained the person involved in the fraud in Ternopil. He turned out to be a 21-year-old resident of the Lviv region, who had recently been released from prison. The man was convicted of robbery and theft.
The attacker has seized all funds obtained fraudulently and other material evidence.
The police arrested the defendant in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. The issue of notification of suspicion of committing a crime provided for in Part 2 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Soon the court will choose a precautionary measure.
Another case happened in Zhytomyr region. A resident of the Teterivska community told the police that, believing the fraudsters, he transferred more than 187 thousand hryvnias to an unknown person.
The pensioner noted that on September 12 he was called by a man who called himself a prosecutor and informed that his daughter, who currently lives in the territory of an enemy state, was imprisoned. To release her, a considerable amount of money is required.
The next day, the pensioner was called by a woman pretending to be his daughter. Unfortunately, the man took the scam for his own child and went to the ATM to transfer the funds.
Thus, through the terminal, the man transferred all his savings.
The police began an investigation under Part 3 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code.
Four residents of the Ternopil region, who became victims of pseudo-bankers, lost more than 40,000 hryvnias. Citizens with their actions helped throughworlds to appropriate savings.
Scammers acted according to a similar scheme: they called to compatriots and presented themselves as employees of financial institutions. They assured citizens that their funds were in danger and that certain actions had to be taken to secure their accounts.
Two of the victims without hesitation transferred their own funds to the accounts indicated to them by the callers. Others have disclosed confidential information about their card accounts to passers-by. As a result, all residents of the region lost their savings.
The investigators entered information about the events into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations in accordance with Part 1 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Operational and investigative measures are ongoing to detect fraud.
Police officers once again advise citizens to be careful and not to trust strangers. Do not make any transactions with the card in the telephone mode, it is better to personally go to the bank. In no case do not tell anyone your card details and codes that come to your phone.
Also, do not enter any numbers, as directed by strangers, in your banking application.
In case of suspected fraud, block the card and call the line “102”.
National Police of Ukraine
