A resident of the Ternopil region became a victim of scammers while trying to make money on the Internet.

A 42-year-old victim wanted to make money online, but fell into a scammer's trap. The woman transferred more than 185 thousand hryvnias to the scammers' account.

According to the applicant, in one of the social networks she found an ad about the opportunity to earn money online. The main goal is to complete various tasks, such as watching videos, giving likes, buying goods and receiving a reward for this.

First, the scammers paid money for completing the task. Then they offered to join the so-called «working group» with the opportunity to increase earnings. To do this, it was necessary to buy the selected goods from a certain site. For completing such a task, the thieves promised to pay a considerable percentage of the expenses or even double the amount spent. The woman did not realize that she was transferring her own funds for a non-existent product to the bank accounts of the scammers. However, when the customer wanted to withdraw her money and earnings from the electronic wallet, she was unable to do so. With the help of the woman, she turned to law enforcement agencies.

On the fact of fraud, employees of the territorial police department opened criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

Human rights activists emphasize that in order not to become a victim of fraudsters, one should give preference to vacancies with official employment, and also not trust the proposals of strangers to receive money for free.

It is not worth transferring funds to unknown accounts and disseminating confidential information to third parties or on suspicious sites.

If information about the bank card has been disclosed, you should contact the bank and block the card. If you commit any illegal actions, notify the police, call the “102” line.