A resident of Burshtyn lost 400 thousand hryvnias due to the actions of fraudsters — Ukraine
“Military” promised the woman that he would send her a “suitcase with 250 thousand US dollars”, which she was supposed to use to buy a house.
A 49-year-old resident of Burshtyn became a victim of fraud, having spent almost 400,000 hryvnias on a parcel that did not exist. She was promised to be sent by a scammer with whom she corresponded on a dating site.
According to law enforcement officers of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the woman corresponded for two months with a man who introduced himself as “military William Shawn”, who was allegedly planning to come to Ukraine.
Later, the “suitor” reported that he had sent the woman a gift – “a suitcase with 250,000 US dollars”, with which she was supposed to buy a house and arrange her life.
After that, the woman received a message from a “logistics company” that demanded to pay for the transportation of the parcel….
