Fraudsters are imitating state online services, warns the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Cyber Police.
The perpetrators promise to quickly solve issues, are persuasive, and communicate via personal chats in social networks. They offer ‘assistance’ in car registration, obtaining or replacing a driver’s license, making appointments, etc. For these ‘services’ they demand prepayment, sending the details of private bank cards. After receiving the money, they disappear, leaving people without funds and without the service.
Such scams target citizens who seek information or want quick access to state services. Fraudsters copy the logos, names, and visual styles of the official pages of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service centers, creating the impression that you are interacting with actual state service employees.
Remember: No state institution, including the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ever accepts payment to personal bank cards of individuals. All official payments are only made to state accounts, through official bank cash desks or payment terminals. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service centers do not send private messages with offers to arrange services ‘bypassing the system.’