Fraudsters created a fake Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Red Cross and collect personal data of users
Kyiv • UNN
The Center for Strategic Communications reported a fake Red Cross Telegram channel that collects personal data. The official Red Cross emphasizes that it does not collect personal data through social media and bots.
Fraudsters have created a fake Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Red Cross. According to UNN, this was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security on its Telegram channel.
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According to the Center, the fake channel duplicates most of the news and information from the official channel and collects people's personal data for allegedly "paying out cash assistance of UAH 6,500.
The message of the official Red Cross emphasizes that the organization does not collect personal data or bank card information through social networks and bots.
All official communication channels of the Ukrainian Red Cross are verified, i.e. recognized by social networks and have a blue circle with a check mark next to the name, which confirms this status
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The Center reminds that recently CERT-UA specialists detected and blocked a hacker mailing with malware allegedly "on behalf of the SBU".
