Friday06 December 2024
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A fraudster was exposed in Verkhodniy Dniprovsk for deceiving victims under the guise of providing one-time assistance.

As a result of the fraudulent actions of the perpetrator, four individuals lost money, incurring losses of nearly 60,000 hryvnias.
Обманув под предлогом оформления единовременной помощи: в Верхнеднепровске раскрыли мошенника.

This was reported by the press service of the National Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Law enforcement officials have determined that the suspect created phishing websites offering one-time assistance, mimicking the appearance of official sites and promoting them on social media.

As soon as citizens clicked on these links and entered their payment card details, the perpetrator accessed their online banking applications and withdrew funds from the victims' accounts.

The offender turned out to be a 21-year-old local resident. He has currently been notified of the suspicion of committing criminal offenses as stipulated in part 1, 2 of Article 361 and part 3, 4 of Article 190 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.