Through a fake site, users are invited to participate in the pyramid.
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Fraudsters use a high-income offer to lure into a fraudulent project using a scheme that is exclusively inherent in a fraudulent financial pyramid.
Privatbank warns users about a new fraud scheme that uses a fake website using the bank’s logo. The press service of the bank reports.
It is noted that the bank’s security service revealed the site p-invest.site, registered by unknown persons in the United States, which illegally uses the bank’s logo and identity.
“According to Privatbank’s cybersecurity experts, this site is 100% fraudulent, because it uses links to non-existent investment projects and companies without their consent, and also illegally uses the identity of the bank and other legal entities,” PrivatBank said.
It is noted that fraudsters use a high-income offer to lure into a fraudulent project according to a scheme that is inherent exclusively in a fraudulent financial pyramid with the use of social engineering and probable hacking.
“The one-way communication channel in the project also speaks of the criminal nature of the scheme – after filling out the form by a person, the operator of the fraudulent center gets in touch to” work out “the client,” the message says.
Privatbank warns customers and Ukrainians about the dangers of contact with fraudsters and participation in such projects.
It is also reported that the bank has applied to the relevant law enforcement agencies with a statement to stop the fraudsters.
Earlier it was reported that in Ukraine more frequent fraud with bank cards.
Recall cyber police covered three large fraudulent call-centers, which “masqueraded” as the security services of banks to steal money from cards of Ukrainians.
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