The cyber police urge citizens not to be tempted by offers of easy earnings on the Internet: scammers offer to watch short videos and put "likes" on popular social networks for money. Do not be in a hurry to follow the instructions of strangers and provide confidential information or transfer money to the accounts of third parties. Cyber police warns from online scammers.
One of the common fraud schemes is the offer of easy earnings for viewing video content. Scammers distribute relevant messages in popular messengers. All you need to do is follow the sent links and like the video in "TikTok" or reviews in "Google Maps".
"For completed tasks, criminals can pay from 100 to 500 hryvnias in order to gain the trust of a potential victim. In this way, they collect personal data, including bank card information.
In the future, scammers offer to join the so-called "working group" with the possibility of much higher earnings. A citizen receives a task to pay for the purchase of goods or services specified by the group administrator. For the first time, this is a relatively small amount. There is even a chance to receive payment on the card after the first time - this is how fraudsters gain even more confidence." - reported in the service.
The next step is that administrators offer to purchase non-existent goods at significantly higher prices. At the same time, they provide phishing links to fraudulent online stores where you need to enter confidential payment information.
In this way, criminals gain access to victims' accounts and appropriate their savings.
If you are aware of such a "scheme", you should not try to get money from fraudsters even at the first stages - any communication with scammers is a risk of losing your savings.
In order not to become a victim of fraudsters, the cyber police recommends following the following tips:
— give preference to vacancies with official employment;
- do not trust the offers of strangers to get money for free - most likely you have come across scammers;
— do not transfer funds to unknown accounts;
— do not share confidential information with third parties (card data, login and passwords for online banking, etc.);
— never enter confidential data on suspicious sites;
— do not follow dubious hyperlinks, because a phishing resource may be hiding behind them. Carefully review the URL address of the desired site - any inaccuracy may indicate that you are on a phishing site.
If information about a bank card has been disclosed, contact the bank and block the card.
In case of detection of fraud, immediately report to the cyber police.
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