In Ukraine, fraudsters are sending messages to people, allegedly on behalf of state structures, demanding age verification to maintain pension payments. This is a new fraudulent "scheme" using messengers to gain access to Ukrainians' personal data and their money in accounts, the Kyiv Oblast police warned, as reported by UNN.
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According to law enforcement, in such messages, cybercriminals provide a link to a questionnaire that people are asked to fill out. After clicking the link and entering data, personal information automatically falls into the hands of fraudsters.
The police explained that the main goal of this scheme is to gain access to citizens' confidential information. Subsequently, attackers can use this data to hack social media accounts or log into online banking.
Therefore, people of retirement age were urged not to click on suspicious links and not to enter personal or payment data on unknown resources.
The police also advise checking information regarding pensions, social benefits, and privileges only on official websites of state bodies, in particular, on the resources of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
It is worth paying close attention to any messages that ask you to urgently confirm data or follow an external link
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