According to Ukraine’s cyber police unit, which collaborated with Czech Republic law enforcement on the bust, the threat group created more than 100 phishing sites to acquire victims’ bank credentials and access to their accounts.
These websites provided a range of products for sale at discounts from market value. But, instead of obtaining a good price when customers entered their bank card information to pay for the fraudulent products, they had their account information stolen and probably had all of their money stolen from them.
Additionally, the scammers established two Ukrainian call centers, in Vinnytsia and Lviv, and employed operators to persuade clients to make purchases as part of the scam. Too bad they were not assisting to defend their country instead of taking advantage of people.
As per the police report, the victims include individuals from several European countries like the Czech Republic, France, Spain, and Portugal. The threat group scammed the victims of 160 million hryvnias or more, i.e. nearly $4.36 million.
Following the event of the arrest, the Ukrainian police also shared a video where the police officers were seen busting down doors of a suspect’s residence and an empty cal
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