For the year, fraudsters in total deceived the gullible citizens of 350 thousand. hryvnia.

According to the head of the police of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Bekh, about 70 citizens living in different regions of Ukraine suffered from the actions of the scammers.

"The residents of Lozovoi, a 30-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, acted by prior agreement. The fraudulent scheme is not new, and is based on the gullibility of citizens: the victim is sent a false SMS message about blocking a bank card, indicates the mobile phone number of the alleged security officer of the bank, which will help solve the specified problem.

Gullible citizens called and reported their bank card details. The attackers could only calmly withdraw money ", - Beh wrote in Facebook.

The suspects transferred the received money to a bank card of another bank.. During the searches, investigators found and seized bank cards, mobile phones, SIM cards and drafts. "The detainees have already been informed about the suspicion of committing fraud. They will be punished with imprisonment for up to eight years ", - said Oleg Bekh.