Fraudsters deceive Ukrainians under the pretext of making money on the Internet
The 35-year-old victim in Ivano-Frankivsk region tried to find additional earnings through the Internet, but instead came across intruders who searched her for almost 194 thousand hryvnias. Currently, the police are carrying out investigative actions to identify the intruders.
It was found out that the victim found information in the Telegram messenger about additional income online. She was offered to book hotel rooms and put “likes”. For such work, the woman was promised a considerable reward.
The gullible applicant followed all instructions. When it came time to pay, the scammers said that the funds must be withdrawn, and therefore you need to deposit your funds. The woman dropped more than 193,000 hryvnias to fraudsters with several payments and was left with nothing.
A similar story happened in the Zaporizhzhya region. A 41-year-old woman came to the offer of “easy” earnings on the Internet and lost almost 190 thousand hryvnias. Because I ran into scammers. Upon the fact of the crime, criminal proceedings are opened, investigators establish the circumstances of the incident and the persons involved.
The applicant reported that she had recently received a message on her messenger offering additional earnings. According to the conditions, she had to buy tasks and carry them out, and then receive attractive earnings.
On this fact, the investigators opened criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, within which all the circumstances of the crime and the persons involved are established.
During the day, as a result of illegal actions of scammers, eight residents of Chernivtsi region were injured in the amount of 412 thousand hryvnias. To seize the money of their victims, the attackers invented various excuses: protecting bank accounts from unauthorized interference, borrowing money on behalf of acquaintances, offering additional earnings on the Internet, as well as receiving cash assistance.
A 38-year-old resident of Chernivtsi appealed to the police with a statement of fraud. The woman told law enforcement that an unknown man called her and introduced himself as an employee of the bank's security service. He said that an attempt to gain unauthorized access to her card account was recorded and offered to take care of the safety of the funds. Trusting the interlocutor, the applicant named the code that came to her mobile banking, after which more than 16 thousand hryvnias disappeared from her card account.
On the same day, a 40-year-old Chernivka turned to the police. The woman told law enforcement that an unknown person hacked the account of her friend in one of the Internet messengers and seized money in the amount of 15 thousand hryvnias under the pretext of a loan.
A 35-year-old resident of the regional center became a victim of such a fraudulent scheme. Believing fraudsters who gained access to his wife's account, the man lost 3 thousand hryvnias from a bank card.
The 40-year-old Chernivka lost money, trying to make additional profit on the Internet. Communicating with the applicant, the police officers found that in one of the messengers the victim found an advertisement about the possibility of earning on the Internet and independently transferred almost 262 thousand hryvnias to the bank cards of the alleged employer. After that, communication with him was severed, and the bukovinka realized that she had been searched.
A 34-year-old resident of the village of Ostrytsya, Chernivtsi district, got into a similar scam of scammers. Under the pretext of making a profit, playing a financial game on the Internet, Bukovinka lost more than 82 thousand hryvnias from a bank card.
Also, a 29-year-old resident of the regional center turned to the police. The applicant said that she had found an advertisement on one of the online platforms about the possibility of receiving financial assistance. Chernivchanka followed the link and entered the confidential details of her bank account. In the future, almost 18 thousand hryvnias disappeared from her card.
Two other Chernivtsi residents told police that they found a lack of funds in their bank accounts. Almost 7 thousand hryvnias disappeared from the card of a 63-year-old woman, and 10 thousand hryvnias from a 76-year-old man.
According to these facts, the police entered information into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations under Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Pre-trial investigations are currently underway.
Police emphasize that in order not to become a victim of fraudsters - follow the basic rules of online security:
- if you received information about any problems with the bank account — contact the branch of the financial institution directly or call the support service number indicated on the back of the card or on the official website of the bank;
- be as attentive and critical as possible to any offers of additional earnings on the Internet - never follow the instructions of strangers related to the transfer of funds;
- trust information about social benefits only from the official websites of institutions and organizations. Be careful and cautious, do not follow dubious links and in no case enter confidential information related to your bank accounts;
- if you received a message from friends asking you to urgently borrow money, do not rush to send funds. Remember: such messages are often sent by attackers who illegally use someone else's account.
National Police of Ukraine
