Online fraud using the topic of ‘financial assistance from EU countries’
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine has uncovered online fraud related to financial assistance from EU countries. A fake Facebook page impersonating a Ukrainian news channel tricks victims into providing personal data through a fraudulent survey, ultimately leading to compromised card information due to requested payments.
Ukrainian CERT detects online fraud using the topic of financial assistance from the EU countries
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has detected a fake page that lures victims to provide personal data in a fraudulent survey to receive ‘financial help from the EU nations’. Victims are asked to make a payment resulting in card data being compromised.
The fake page is a Facebook page that imitates the resource of the TV channel ‘Ukraine 24.’
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