If earlier fraudsters disguised themselves as bank employees and called pensioners for the purpose of remote confirmation, withdrawal of money from bank cards, under the guise of "security purposes", recently cybercriminals have become more resourceful.
Taking advantage of the fact that the poor in Ukraine were actually paid aid from UN funds, criminals decided to use this sensitive topic to gain access to the cards of gullible people, mostly pensioners.
According to the National Police, fraudsters became more active in messengers, in particular in Viber, sending mass mailings of unreliable information about international charitable aid to the population of Ukraine.
As reported by the National Police, messages come both in regular SMS and in the Viber messenger, and pensioners are very often the victims of scammers.
Yes, in the capital police, just yesterday, two victims who live in the Pechersk district of Kyiv contacted the law enforcement officers with statements about the theft of all the money from card accounts in the total amount of about 60,000 hryvnias.
In both cases, they received a message in the Viber messenger about the possibility to apply for "financial assistance from the UN" in the amount of UAH 6,600. To do this, it was necessary to follow the link in the message and receive a call from an "employee of Oschadbank", allegedly authorized to make payments.
After accepting the call, in which the "bank employee" asked to name the personal data of the bank card and the CVV code, as well as to follow the voice prompts, all the money was withdrawn from the cards of both victims according to the classics - approximately 60 thousand hryvnias. The police started an investigation under Part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - "Fraud committed with the use of electronic computing equipment, committed in wartime conditions."
If a fraudulent call center is discovered, the perpetrators face up to 8 years in prison.
