Fraudsters have come up with a new sophisticated scheme to deceive Ukrainians by announcing volunteer meetings at Monobank. We tell you what should alert you.
Fraudsters have come up with a new sophisticated scheme to deceive Ukrainians by announcing volunteer meetings at Monobank. We tell you what should alert you.
Ukrainian director and screenwriter Natalka Vorozhbyt almost fell victim to a new scheme by scammers who called her on behalf of monobank.
«Oh my god, I’m so shocked. I just wrote a post about the collection when the „monobank“ started hanging up the phone, like, I’m not doing everything right, that there should be a white card, etc. And like a little girl, I almost got carried away and opened the white card and transferred the money you collected there. And only at the last stage, when the „manager“ told me to send money from the white card to some number, assuring me that it was my bank, that’s how it should be, but for some reason you can’t send a thousand, but thirty at once, no less… In short, at some point I began to doubt and felt aggression and irritation in his voice. He threatened to return all the money to the people who donated (as if this was something terrible). But it wouldn’t be possible from the card… And he gave me 5 minutes to think,» she shared on Facebook.
Natalka is convinced: the pseudo-representative of mono knew a lot of banking information, saw the card number, and simply entered it step by step through the application.
«And the letters came as if from the monobank chat. I realized later that it wasn’t real… Well, in short… I’m so careful, how did I not immediately realize that it was a scammer?! Well, but hey, I didn’t send the money!!! I returned it back to the bank, so we continue collecting and everyone knows — don’t get carried away!!! Apparently, this is a sign that we will collect for a pickup truck!!!», — she noted.
This is not an isolated case. A few days ago, lawyer and public figure Vadym Tryukhan reported on a similar situation.
« The day before yesterday I created a bank in monobank to raise funds for a bracelet for my friends, the hero dog handlers from NSU. Literally a couple of hours later, a threatening letter in the style of the NKVD was sent on Telegram from monobank, saying, „Why didn’t you agree with us, we’ll block the funds now,“ and then for the umpteenth time (because I was driving) some rude young man called me, who introduced himself as an employee of the bank’s financial monitoring and started blabbering hoarsely about sanctions, bans, court and prison,» he said .
Tryukhan also published the scammers' threats. Interestingly, the message also states that the client should come to the bank branch, although Mono has no branches. It also indicates a strange address — Khmelnytsky Boulevard Street.
When Vasyl finally managed to stop the interlocutor, the tone immediately changed. «And he offered to solve my issue as an exception (?!) First. We opened a white card. Second. He asked to first withdraw funds from the bank to a white card. And then he gave an account to which the funds had to be transferred, so that from there „he could transfer them to the bank again“. And this scammer got caught on trifles — commissions for payments. The man could not explain how it was possible that he would compensate for the commission at „his own expense“,» Tryukhan shared the details.
At first glance, the lawyer notes, this is a banal scam. «At the same time, a sacramental question arises. Where did the scammers get the information about opening a bank and how did they instantly find me on Telegram? A question without an answer. Be careful, friends! Don’t fall for such fraudulent schemes,» — Tryukhan.
He said that he contacted Monobank immediately after the incident. «It is clear that they categorically denied their involvement. We can only hope that their cybersecurity experts will draw conclusions and work on protecting their clients from fraudsters,» the lawyer noted.
Monobank, which is actively being tagged by users, has not yet commented on the situation.
