In Ukraine The most common types of fraud are online orders, phishing, and fake calls allegedly from bank employees.
According to the Cyber Police Department, there are daily calls related to these schemes. Details about the main fraudulent schemes in Ukraine are reported by URA-Inform.
Head of the Department for Combating Online Fraud, Oleksandr Ulyanenkov, emphasized in an interview that the number one crime is non-delivery of goods paid for online. This applies to both online stores and private advertisements, where fraudsters receive partial or full prepayment, but do not fulfill their obligations.
Phishing, a fraud based on the forgery of Internet sites, is in second place in terms of the number of cases. According to Ulyanenkov, the attackers create links that look like original sites, but are intended to steal personal data. Third place is occupied by calls allegedly coming from banking institutions. The cyber police notes a decrease in such cases due to cooperation with the banking sector.
“We see a significant decrease in the number of such calls due to our efforts and close cooperation with banks,” Ulyanenkov said.
The cyber police are also taking measures to block numbers used by fraudsters. An important part of the fight against crime has become operations against organized groups operating both inside and outside places of detention. In the first eight months of 2024, 23 such groups were neutralized, which is six more than in the same period last year.
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