Fraudsters lure money from Ukrainians using fake links to pay for goods and services. As a result, the victims of scammers lose all their savings from bank cards.
This was warned in the Ternopil head office of the police. A resident of this region came across such a scheme of scammers. The woman was sent a link to pay for the goods via a messenger, she filled out a form on the website, and instead of the agreed amount, all funds disappeared from the account.
Typically, scammers who “work” according to this scheme offer buyers a “secure method” of payment. Such methods really exist on popular marketplaces. The payment technology is designed so that the buyer pays for the order, but the funds get to the seller only after receiving the goods.
“It is on this service that the scammers speculate. They send the buyer fake payment links or fake payments for the goods,” the police said.
They warned that fake sites can copy real ones to the smallest detail. At the same time, the criminals themselves use psychological techniques to inspire confidence in the victim and convince them of the safety of the proposed payment method.
There are signs that immediately alert. The police advise not to pay for the goods if:
- the link was sent in a private message in a third-party messenger (all genuine payment links are posted on the official website of the marketplace);
- a warning was received allegedly about a delivery failure and the buyer is required to enter additional data;
- on a third-party site, they require you to enter data for authorization (including card number, expiration date, CVV code on the back of the card, etc.).
As GLOBAL HAPPENINGS reported, scammers in Ukraine use other methods of “hunting” for money in citizens’ bank accounts. One of the fraud schemes is based on the production of duplicate bank cards of Ukrainians.
Source: Obozrevatel
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