Among the victims were citizens of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A total of 16 foreigners were identified as victims of financial fraud.
In Ternopil, law enforcement officers stopped the activities of a fraudulent call center, whose “workers” were defrauding foreigners for $100,000 per month. This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine on Thursday, February 15.
It was reported that citizens of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were identified among the victims. A total of 16 foreigners were identified as victims of financial fraud.
“It was established that a group of people “specialized” in the fraudulent misappropriation of funds of foreign citizens on a large scale, using office premises with installed special equipment for the purpose of The call center employees are carefully selected: in order to have unhindered communication with potential victims, the staff must speak a foreign language.” high level,” the statement said.
Call center “workers” identified themselves as employees of financial institutions and asked bank account holders for their personal information.
“For this, we used both psychological methods of influence and instructions developed in advance. For better communication, the latter were written in Polish and Slovak,” the police report.
Another deceptive technique used by attackers is an offer to invest personal funds in so-called “brokerage” projects with potentially high and quick profits.
“After receiving all the necessary banking data, the criminals transferred the victims’ funds to separate electronic wallets and bank cards. The criminals then converted the received funds into cash on the territory of Ukraine, ” the police note.
Earlier it was reported that a former bank employee who defrauded clients of almost 86 million UAH was arrested.
Source: korrespondent
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