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Woman believed “mobile operator” and lost 52,000 hryvnias

Scammers call and pretend to be bank employees or mobile phone employees.

Then, they lure out confidential information, and as a result, they embezzle the funds of gullible Ukrainians, writes the City Hall with reference to the regional police.

A 57-year-old resident of the Kalusa district became the victim of this type of fraud. The scammer used the scheme “Your mobile phone number is expiring”. According to the applicant, a man called her mobile phone, introduced himself as a mobile operator and assured her that the woman's phone number was about to expire. In order to extend it, she had to enter a combination of numbers that came in the message.

Believing the scammer, the victim followed all the instructions. Later, at the bank branch, the victim found out that a credit account had been opened in her name, from which the scammers had transferred money in the amount of 52,000 hryvnias.

Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116

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