Cyberpolitics exposed scammers who robbed Ukrainians through the Internet
By Prempal Singh
A group of people aged 18 to 25 years fraudulently appropriated the money of residents of different regions of Ukraine
In the Vinnytsia region, the police exposed a group of scammers who, through the Internet, deceived people across the country, according to the press service of the Vinnytsia region police.
As the press service informed, the employees of the department of cyber politics together with the investigators of the criminal investigation department exposed the group of persons aged 18 to 25 who fraudulently appropriated the money of residents of different regions of Ukraine.
According to police, the criminal group consisted of several people, all – previously convicted residents of the city of Vinnitsa. Within three years the attackers created so-called phishing sites.
“The victims at these sites entered personal data of bank accounts, but payment was not made, while funds from their accounts were written off and credited through various payment systems to pre-opened bank accounts of intruders.” Such websites were visited daily by about a hundred users, “law-enforcers said.