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Woman lost over 250,000 buying a car for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

A resident of the regional center transferred almost 258 thousand hryvnias to an Internet fraudster. The woman wanted to help her friend by purchasing a car for the front, but instead became a victim of a scam.

The applicant was trying to help a friend who protects the territorial integrity of the state. On the Internet, she found an ad for the sale of a car for fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A woman from Ternopil called the author of the publication and agreed on favorable terms of purchase. The man promised to quickly drive the car across the border. The woman agreed and transferred the agreed amount as a down payment for the car.

A few days later, a con artist called her and asked for more money, supposedly for insurance. As a result, the Ternopil woman made several transactions to solve various difficulties that the scammer told her about. In total, the woman transferred 257,756 hryvnias. When the scammer called again and asked for money, the Ternopil woman realized that this was a scam. She turned to law enforcement for help.

The investigators of the Ternopil Regional Department of Internal Affairs entered the information about the incident into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations in accordance with Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud).

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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