Kuryan warned about a new scheme of fraudsters with “payment for home Internet”

Attackers call citizens, posing as employees of the Social Fund or the tax service, and promise payment for the use of the home Internet or personal computer.

The scheme is simple and therefore especially dangerous: in order to “issue compensation”, scammers are asked to name the code from SMS or confirm the data on Public Services. In fact, this code gives them access to the victim’s personal account, after which they can, for example, issue a microloan to a person.

The department recalled the main rule of security: never report codes from SMS, even if the caller is an employee of the state body, since no official representative will request such data by phone. Residents were urged to tell family and friends about this scheme, and if a suspicious call is received, just hang up the phone and, if necessary, contact the department by official number.