“The State Tax Service of Ukraine has warned citizens and businesses against mass mailings of e-mails sent by fraudsters allegedly on behalf of the tax office. As the Acting Head of the DPS, Lesya Karnauch, reported, the subject of such letters is about “financial verification based on the fact of legalization of funds” in relation to a certain organization. She emphasized that the tax service has nothing to do with these reports.”, — write on: ua.news
The State Tax Service of Ukraine has warned citizens and businesses against mass mailings of e-mails sent by fraudsters allegedly on behalf of the tax office.
As the Acting Head of the DPS, Lesya Karnauch, reported, the subject of such letters is about “financial verification based on the fact of legalization of funds” in relation to a certain organization. She emphasized that the tax service has nothing to do with these reports.
“The emails contain malware. Opening the attachment triggers a virus that creates the possibility of surreptitious access to the user’s personal computer,” Karnauch explained.
It is also reported that fraudulent emails are coming from unofficial addresses that are not related to DPS.
The tax office advised citizens:
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do not open attachments in suspicious emails;
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observe the rules of cyber hygiene;
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be attentive even to messages from familiar addressees, as criminals can forge addresses;
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check the authenticity of letters by contacting the alleged sender directly.
The DPS urged all users not to interact with such messages, because they pose a real danger to the security of personal data and financial systems.
Earlier in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a swindler deceived an elderly woman and took possession of her savings, persuading her to take them to the church for “consecration”.
Also, in Kyiv, a pseudo-postman, under the pretext of exchanging money for new bills, “exchanged” 260,000 hryvnias of a pensioner for a piece of paper.
