Hunt for our money: what three new schemes were invented by scammers during the war

During martial law in Ukraine, a lot of fraudulent schemes arose. People who try to cash in on others come up with new and new ways that meet the realities.

The National Bank of Ukraine told how to save your money and not get hooked.

Scheme 1 – paid demining

The Kiev region was one of the regions where active hostilities took place. Now that the occupier has left the area, the attackers have come up with a way to cash in on the victims. The scammers wear uniforms of the State Emergency Service and pose as pyrotechnicians. And then, for money, they allegedly conduct a survey of the premises and clear the territory.

Scheme 2 – paid release from captivity

swindlers call relatives and friends of the Ukrainian military and offer to release these soldiers from captivity for a monetary reward. The scammers are calling from a hidden number to clarify the personal details of the fighters.

Scheme 3 – material assistance to migrants

There was an SMS-mailing, where it is reported about allegedly payments to internally displaced persons.

The SMS text can be like this:

“Dear brothers and sisters!!! Starting today, we are starting payments to all residents of Ukraine, regardless of location and social status. Payments to all adults are: 5,000 hryvnia for the defenders of Ukraine. 4,000 hryvnia for women. 3,000 hryvnia for children.”

And then there is a link to a fraudulent site where they offer to apply for assistance. The resource prompts you to enter personal data and payment card data for crediting funds.

If a person indicates this information on the site, the scammers then use it to steal funds from the card account.

How not to become a victim of such schemes?

one. The State Emergency Service clears mines for free, so if someone offers to do this for money, you need to:

• keep these people out of the house;
• do not pay them money;
• report such incidents to the police.

2. When the Ukrainian military is released from captivity, no money is collected in any case. The procedure is carried out only by state authorities.

Fraudsters can pose as employees of any authority, so it is important to always check the information and remember that such work is carried out for free.

3. No need to follow links from SMS from unknown and suspicious people or numbers. Information must be obtained only on the official pages of institutions. Fraudsters create identical sites to mislead people, but it is easy to find out that this is a fake page. Two identical site addresses cannot exist, so fraudulent resources usually have several different characters from real official pages – an extra number, letter, etc.

“Remember the rules of payment security, do not tell anyone the three-digit number on the back of the card, the codes of banks and mobile operators, passwords for Internet banking, the code word of the bank. Do not be silent about fraud, report such cases to the Cyber ​​Police ([email protected]), which will find scammers and send them to the right place,” the NBU noted.

Who in Ukraine profited the most from the war

Earlier, Segodnya was told that during martial law in all regions of Ukraine, people noticed speculation, fraudulent schemes and other deceptions. Some, despite the difficult times, are trying to earn as much money as possible.

Under wartime conditions, the Ukrainian authorities equated speculators with marauders and established state regulation of prices for essential products.

“Persons who now sell bread and other food products at 2-3 times more expensive will bear legal responsibility. This is tantamount to looting,” said Roman Leshchenko, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food.

However, this did not stop some entrepreneurs. Back in early March, people in different cities of Ukraine noticed a crazy unreasonable increase in food prices.

For example, in social networks there were reports that in the central store of Nikolaev, boiled sausage was sold for 523 hryvnia per kg. And this, according to locals, is half the price of the regular price. Bread was sold in Kovel for 50 UAH, and in Ukraine prices for buckwheat rose to 70 UAH per 800 gr.

Who else and in what ways is profiting from the Ukrainians during martial law, read in our material.

Earlier, we also told how recently one of the clients of PrivatBank reported that the bank blocked the card of her military husband without explanation. What happened, and whether the family was left without money, read here.

The expert also told Segodnya about the main financial mistakes of Ukrainians during the war and what they could lead to.