{"id":577075,"date":"2026-03-17T18:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/03\/577075\/kept-her-savings-and-lost-175-000-a-woman-in-mykolaiv-fell-victim-to-phone-scammers\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:28:24","slug":"kept-her-savings-and-lost-175-000-a-woman-in-mykolaiv-fell-victim-to-phone-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/03\/577075\/kept-her-savings-and-lost-175-000-a-woman-in-mykolaiv-fell-victim-to-phone-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kept her savings and lost 175,000: a woman in Mykolaiv fell victim to phone scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Mykolaiv<\/strong> a 35-year-old<\/strong> local resident fell victim to a telephone scam and lost 175<\/strong> thousand hryvnias, the regional police reported.<\/p>\n

According to law enforcement, an unknown person called the woman, presenting himself as a bank employee. Under the pretext of “protecting funds” he convinced her to perform a series of actions in a mobile application.<\/p>\n

Following the prompts of the purported employee, the victim personally transferred all her savings to the scammers’ accounts.<\/p>\n

After that the victim contacted the police. Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 190<\/strong> of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Fraud”), the penalty of which provides for up to 5<\/strong> years of imprisonment. Law enforcement is currently identifying those involved.<\/p>\n

The police emphasize that such criminal schemes remain widespread: scammers call or write in messaging apps, pose as bank employees, frighten with “card blocking”, “suspicious transactions” or lure with promises of “easy earnings”.<\/p>\n

The purpose of such calls is to obtain confidential bank card data or to force a person to transfer funds to someone else’s accounts on their own.<\/p>\n

Citizens are advised to follow financial security rules: do not give card details to third parties, do not follow instructions from strangers and do not click on suspicious links. If a call raises doubts, end the conversation immediately and call the bank at its official number.<\/p>\n

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