“The cyber police do not currently observe and do not foresee an increase in Internet fraud.”, — write: www.ukrinform.ua
Ulyanenkov drew attention to such a characteristic of crime as seasonality.
“It can be a period of discounts, a period of holidays or a period of need, for example, in alternative power sources, other goods… Also, new assistance, a new payment from the state is actively picked up by fraudsters and used in order to seize funds. “due to the measures we take every day – both preventively and promptly investigating every fact of daily appeals by citizens, we do not see and do not foresee a big surge today. Everything is controlled, and even compared to last year, we have a slightly smaller number of appeals,” Ulyanenkov said.
He assured that the cyber police is constantly working on creating new tools to combat online fraudsters.
“Also, we are constantly seeking and interacting with our partners or those financial private institutions on which the speed and status of the investigation will depend … We are constantly working with the banking sector, because we understand that card fraud and fraud in general are aimed at to take possession of funds,” said the representative of the cyber police.
According to him, a number of algorithms and methods have been developed, with the help of which the cyber police can quickly respond to such challenges.
He also noted that all appeals from citizens about cases of fraud are entered into the database of the police and payment institutions in order to further limit the provision of financial services to fraudsters who provided their payment details to receive funds.
Read also: The cyber police talked about the three most common fraud schemes “Each appeal from citizens is important for the formation of such a base, for tracking analogies or similar appeals throughout the territory of Ukraine and beyond, where these details could be used, with the further response of our partners,” Ulyanenkov emphasized.
As reported by Ukrinform, the cyber police of the Lviv region exposed fraudsters who were extorting money from citizens under the guise of charity fees, allegedly for the needs of military personnel.
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