Fraudsters lured a resident of the Ternopil region out of over 80 thousand hryvnias through a phishing site

A 53-year-old resident of the Ternopil district became the victim of such a scheme. The woman lost more than 70 thousand hryvnias.

A resident of one of the villages of the Velikogaivskyi community turned to the employees of the police department No. 1 of the city of Ternopil and reported that unknown persons had stolen more than 80 thousand hryvnias from her bank card. According to the applicant, in one of the social networks she saw information about the possibility of receiving assistance. To complete the application, you had to follow the link. As it turned out, it was a phishing site. Even after the woman entered her bank card details, she began to receive notifications about the withdrawal of funds from her account.

There are many examples of such scams. To avoid falling for scammers, you need to follow simple rules: get information only from official sources, not social networks or messengers, do not follow dubious hyperlinks, keep your card CVV and PIN codes, online banking login and password secret, do not enter payment card details to strangers or suspicious people. websites.

Criminal proceedings have been initiated on the basis of fraud in accordance with Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Investigative and operational measures are ongoing.