Internet scammers defrauded a woman of 114 thousand hryvnias

A resident of the regional center lost almost 114 thousand hryvnias, who wanted to earn money on the Internet. Police officers have initiated criminal proceedings on this fact.

This was reported to the regional police.

According to the applicant, in one of the Telegram channels she found an ad about the opportunity to earn money. Having written to the author of the publication, the Ternopil woman found out the conditions of the «work». The woman needed to watch a video on one of the social networks, increase the number of views and get paid for it. When the applicant completed the task, the scammer transferred 3,000 hryvnias to the woman's account, thereby gaining her trust.

After that, the crook offered other conditions and higher earnings. To do this, the Ternopil resident had to buy viewings of certain videos at her own expense on the appropriate website. In return, the money she spent and interest would be returned to the electronic wallet specially created by the scammers. The Ternopil resident bought the video for 34,000 hryvnias. When she wanted to withdraw the funds, the scammer reported that the electronic wallet was blocked. To fix the malfunction, she needed to deposit 80,000 hryvnias, which were supposedly supposed to be returned. The woman, without thinking about the consequences, made the transaction, and when the scammer asked for more money, she realized that she had been scammed. She turned to the police for help.

The investigators of the Ternopil Regional Department of Investigation entered information about the incident into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations in accordance with Part 1 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud).