Ukrainians are sent fake links, through which money on their cards disappear: the police warned about scammers

Scammers lure money from Ukrainians with fake links to pay for goods and services. As a result, the victims of swindlers lose all their savings from their bank cards.

This was warned by the Ternopil Police Department. A resident of this region was caught in such a scheme of swindlers. A woman was sent a link to pay for the goods via messenger, she filled out a form on the website, and instead of the agreed amount of money, all the funds disappeared from her account.

Usually, scammers who "work" in this scheme offer customers some "safe way" of payment. Such methods do exist on popular marketplaces. The payment technology is arranged so that the buyer pays for the order, but the funds get to the seller only after receiving the goods.

"It is on this service that scammers speculate. They send the buyer fake payment links or fake payments for the goods," the police noted.

They warned that fake sites can thoroughly copy the real ones. At the same time, the criminals use psychological techniques to arouse the victim's confidence and convince them of the "safety" of the proposed method of payment.

Some signs should immediately alert. The police advise not to pay for the goods, if:

• the link was sent in a personal message in a third-party messenger (all real payment links are posted on the marketplace's official website);
• a warning was sent, purportedly about a delivery error, and the buyer was required to enter additional data;
• a third-party site required to enter data for authorization (including card number, expiration date, CVV code on the back of the card, etc.).

As OBOZREVATEL reported, swindlers in Ukraine use other ways of "hunting" for money in bank accounts. One of the fraud schemes is built on the manufacture of duplicates of bank cards of Ukrainians.

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