“In Ternopil, law enforcement officers are investigating a case of cynical fraud, the victim of which was a local pensioner – the woman lost 107 thousand hryvnias, believing the intimidation of pseudo-policemen. This is stated in the message of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Ternopil Region. The perpetrators used the classic, but psychologically proven scheme of “your relative is in trouble”, calling the woman and introducing themselves as police officers. The swindler told the old woman that her”, — write on: ua.news
In Ternopil, law enforcement officers are investigating a case of cynical fraud, the victim of which was a local pensioner – the woman lost 107 thousand hryvnias, believing the intimidation of pseudo-policemen.
This is stated in the message of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Ternopil Region.
The perpetrators used the classic, but psychologically proven scheme of “your relative is in trouble”, calling the woman and introducing themselves as police officers. The swindler told the old woman that her daughter was allegedly detained and she was facing criminal liability, and to “solve the issue” a significant amount of money needed to be transferred urgently. Constantly being on the phone and not allowing the victim to recover or call her relatives, the criminals forced her to transfer all savings to the specified accounts through the terminals. Only after completing the transactions, the victim contacted her daughter, found out that everything was fine with her, and turned to the real police department in the Ternopil region.
The police remind once again that representatives of law enforcement agencies never demand money over the phone, and in case of receiving such calls, you should immediately hang up and check the information directly with relatives. The main tool of fraudsters is emotional pressure and the demand for complete confidentiality, which allows them to isolate the victim from the rational advice of loved ones. Currently, investigators are conducting a pre-trial investigation, trying to trace the movement of funds and establish the identities of the organizers of this criminal scheme, who specialize in defrauding vulnerable sections of the population.
Earlier, the Solomyan police department received a report from a local resident that he had been defrauded of 106,000 hryvnias. The man said that an unknown person called him and said that his relative was in trouble and needed money for his treatment. However, later it turned out that everything is fine with the son, and he gave his savings to the swindler.
In the Kyiv region, a city council official who collected money under the guise of helping volunteers was exposed. The swindler exhibitionist managed to collect a million hryvnias.
In the Mykolaiv region, a fraudster who defrauded immigrants will be tried. The perpetrator was engaged in renting out non-existent apartments in Uzhhorod to displaced persons from areas of active hostilities and taking a subscription for this. Among the deceived are women with children.
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