The woman wanted to get help, but instead lost her money

Yesterday, January 31, a 69-year-old resident of the village of Orshivtsi contacted police station No. 2 (Kitsman town) of the Ukrainian Regional State Police.

The woman told the police that she found an ad on one of the social networks about the possibility of receiving financial assistance, followed a phishing link and entered confidential bank information, writes the Media Agency of the ACC with reference to the communications department of the Chernivtsi region police.

After that, more than 15 thousand hryvnias were transferred from the Bukovinka account to unknown details. 

The police entered information about the criminal offense into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations under Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

The Chernivtsi region police once again urge citizens not to lose vigilance and remind of simple rules that will help protect money from criminal encroachments:

• never give anyone personal data (passport number, individual tax number, passwords and secret codes for the card and from SMS messages);
• do not follow the instructions of strangers related to the transfer of funds;
• use only verified Internet resources and make sure that the name of the required site is correct. One inconspicuous character in the site address may mean that it is phishing;
• trust information about social benefits only on official websites of institutions and organizations.