‘PrivatBank’ warned about another fraudulent scheme with aid payments from the UN, EU and NATO
‘PrivatBank’ has warned Ukrainians about a new (old) fraudulent scheme of massive extortion of personal data – under the pretext of financial aid from international organizations, fraudsters are pushing fake online forms and sites to extort bank data. Yes, again the notorious phishing, which still remains the most popular scheme of deception on the Internet.
A week ago, ‘PrivatBank’ began paying out financial aid from international organizations to minors and teenagers, and the fraudsters, of course, did not delay. PrivatBank urges users to be vigilant and draws attention to the fact that fraudsters are actively spreading information about alleged payments to Ukrainians from all of them: the UN, the EU, PrivatBank, Diya, and even NATO in Telegram channels. Fraudsters offer customers to go to a link to a phishing site and complete a survey (fill in personal and bank card details) to receive help. Citizens, specifying confidential data on such sites, automatically transfer them to fraudsters, who then appropriate their money.
‘PrivatBank’ did not create any channels and bots for payments in Telegram or other messengers. In addition, the bank does not ask for confidential data, including card numbers, PIN codes and passwords, for payments.
‘Never follow such links, otherwise you will lose your money,’ PrivatBank warns
In order not to fall into the trap of fraudsters, it is enough to remember the basic rules of cyber hygiene – install applications only from official sources, do not follow links and in no case enter personal data or payment card data on dubious and fake sites without an SSL certificate (this can be checked by the presence of a lock icon 🔒 next to the address).
It is necessary to trust only official sources of information, but if there is even the slightest doubt, then an additional check will never be superfluous. All official payments from international organizations made through PrivatBank are listed on this page.
Well, it is worth remembering that war is war, and swindlers never sleep. Just last week, Kyiv exposed a large-scale scheme with fake registration of social security payments from the EU — its organizers appropriated 100 million hryvnias from the bank accounts of Ukrainian citizens.
