Fraudsters swindled four Ukrainians out of over 156,000 hryvnias

In the Kherson region, four citizens lost all their savings on bank cards in a few days due to various fraudulent schemes. One of the victims transferred 100,000 hryvnias to the criminals.

This was reported by the Kherson region police.

A resident of Kherson received a call from an unknown number allegedly from an acquaintance of his and asked to urgently borrow money for treatment. The man transferred 12,000 hryvnias to the sent bank account. The applicant later learned that his friend was fine, and that he had transferred the money to the fraudsters.

The victim of “bank fraud” was a resident of the village of Zelenivka, who received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as a bank security officer. The attacker reported that unknown people were trying to withdraw money from the man's bank card, and to block it, the applicant needed to provide a code from an SMS message. After the man fulfilled all the conditions, the fraudsters withdrew more than 20 thousand hryvnias from his account.

A resident of Chornobayivka also became a victim of Internet fraudsters. The woman found a job advertisement on one of the social networks. “Employers” promised the applicant high earnings, but for this she had to make several cash contributions to the company's account. The victim transferred 24 thousand hryvnias in several transactions using the details provided to her. hryvnias, after which the attackers stopped contacting her and deleted the correspondence with her.

A resident of the Kherson region also lost his money using a similar scheme. The man received a message about additional earnings online. The applicant agreed and began to perform various tasks that he received in one of the Telegram channels. Then the victim was offered to increase his income several times, for this he needed to transfer funds to different bank accounts. In total, the applicant transferred more than 100 thousand hryvnias, after which the fraudsters blocked the victim in all messengers.

Based on all the facts, the police opened proceedings under Art. 190 “Fraud” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.