Fraudsters issued a loan to a 38-year-old woman: she lost 150,000 hryvnias

150 thousand hryvnias – that's how much the scammer stole, withdrawing money from the card account of a resident of Chortkivskyi district. The woman tried to apply for cash assistance for citizens, but she became a victim of scammers.

Fraud with the issuance of the so-called «cash aid» consists in the following: –by following a link that offers to receive funds, a person ends up on a phishing site. This is a duplicate of a legal site, located at a similar email address – a person thinks that he has gone to the site of his bank, but in fact – this is a duplicate site of fraudsters, which is visually very similar, the site address usually differs by only one letter. If a person enters their card number, mobile phone number, and password on such a phishing site, the fraudsters can gain access to their accounts and withdraw all the funds.

So, a 38-year-old woman gave the scammers access to her mobile banking. The attackers opened a credit card in the woman's name for 150,000 hryvnias, which they immediately withdrew. With the help of a local woman, she turned to the employees of the territorial police unit.

Information about the incident of the investigator of the police department No. 2 of the city. Buchach was entered into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations in accordance with Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Law enforcement officers emphasize to citizens that they should receive information, especially regarding financial payments, only from official sources, and should not follow dubious links or enter payment card details on unknown and suspicious websites. If financial information has been disclosed, contact your bank immediately and block your card. Call the police and report the incident.