Scammers illegally withdrew 19,500 hryvnia from the bank account of a resident of Mirnograd, - reports the Intercession Police Department.

A local resident appealed to the police officers of the Mirnograd police station and informed that unknown persons withdrew from her bank account 19500 UAH. It turned out that the woman received an SMS message with the text that her card was blocked. "The victim immediately rang the phone number from which the message came. The man lifted the pipe and confirmed that he was a member of the Bank's Security Service, and in order to unlock the client's card, she had to call a pin number and a combination of numbers that are on her back. The 57-year-old woman fulfilled all the requests of the unknown person and almost immediately received a text message stating that all of her money was removed from her bank account, "the message says..

The confused woman began to call the pseudo-employee of the banking institution, which she had spoken to before, but his phone was turned off. After that the victim appealed to the police.

On this fact, criminal proceedings were opened on. 185 "Theft" of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.