In Kharkiv during the day two facts of telephone fraud were registered. As a result, the attackers fraudulently seized the funds of citizens for a total amount of 7,000 US dollars, the police department of the Kharkiv region reported.

So, on October 22, at 4:20, a 64-year-old resident of the district turned to the Moscow police department of Kharkiv and said that an unknown man had called his telephone at night.. He said that the victim’s brother got into an accident and said that money was needed to bring him to justice.. After that, a person came to the applicant's apartment, to whom he transferred money in the amount of $ 6,000.. It was further established that the brother of the deceived citizen was not delivered to the police..

A similar situation occurred in the Shevchenko district of Kharkov. In this case, fraudsters seized the tools and jewelry of 77-year-old Kharkiv women. The attackers acted in the same way.. We rang the night on a landline phone and reported the accident involving the son and grandson of the victim.. For a positive "solution of problems with the law," a woman gave a thousand dollars and two gold goods to two unknown persons..

"On these facts, criminal proceedings under article 190 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the sanction of which provides for up to 3 years imprisonment. Now militiamen search for malefactors ", - it is told in the message of police.