Wanted to find a job abroad: a woman in Chernivtsi became a victim of a scam

Yesterday, two women who were defrauded by swindlers contacted the police in Chernivtsi. One of the applicants wanted to get a job abroad, the second wanted to deliver a parcel from England.  The communications department of the Chernivtsi region police informs about this. Yesterday, December 3, a 39-year-old woman from Chernivtsi became the victim of a fraudulent scheme. She was tricked by a stranger under the pretext of providing services for sending a gift from the Kingdom of England. Bukovinka independently transferred 50 thousand hryvnias to the accounts of a stranger, after which the connection with him was cut off.    Also on this day, a 47-year-old resident of the Lviv region was injured as a result of the criminal activity of scammers. The applicant told the police that she was deceived under the pretext of assistance in obtaining a visa for employment abroad. The woman independently transferred more than 21 thousand hryvnias to accounts provided by scammers.   The police entered the known facts of illegal appropriation of the funds of female citizens into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations under Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Pre-trial investigations are ongoing.

Considering the fact that cases of fraud in Bukovina are common and perpetrators cause damages to their victims amounting to tens of thousands of hryvnias, the police of the Chernivtsi region once again urges citizens not to lose vigilance and reminds them of simple rules that will help protect money from criminal offenses:

• -never share personal data with anyone (passport number, individual tax number, passwords and secret codes to 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 imperceptible character in the site address can mean that it is phishing;
• -in case of job search – give preference to vacancies with official employment.