Scammers swindled Ukrainians out of almost 200,000 hryvnias

Only during the past day, four residents of Bukovyna suffered from fraud, while fraudsters used various fraudulent schemes and embezzled more than 196 thousand hryvnias from gullible citizens. The police once again advise everyone not to trust strangers, not to transfer money to unknown accounts and not to follow suspicious links.

This is reported by the Chernivtsi Regional Council.
Yesterday, December 19, a 76-year-old resident of Kelmenetska reported fraud to the Dnistrovsky District Police Department community The man said that he received a call from an unknown person who said that his son had committed a crime and that he needed money to resolve issues with the law enforcement officers. Bukovynets thought he was helping a relative and transferred almost 64,000 hryvnias to an unknown account.

Two more residents of Chernivtsi district fell victim to fraud, trusting pseudo-bankers. While communicating with employees of financial institutions, the Bukovinians believed that they were trying to illegally debit funds from their accounts. Thus, a 37-year-old resident of the village of Zabolottya provided confidential information to the “bank employee” as a result, almost 59 thousand hryvnias disappeared from her account. And a 55-year-old resident of the village of Molodiia, believing the words of a stranger, personally transferred almost 45 thousand hryvnias to the account of the scammers.

Also on this day, a 26-year-old resident of Kelmentsi fell into the hands of scammers while selling goods on the Internet. The woman told the police that she had placed an ad on the website about selling things. Later, she received a call from an unknown person who sent her a phishing link to place an online order. Bukovynka clicked on the suspicious link and entered her bank card details. As a result, she received a notification about the transfer of 28,600 hryvnias.

Based on the above facts, police investigators and inquirers initiated criminal proceedings under Article 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The police call on citizens:

do not transfer money to unknown accounts;
do not trust unverified information;
contact a relative who needs help;
do not disclose information about bank accounts;
do not follow suspicious links;
do not enter confidential information on unknown sites.