#ШахрайГудбай!

     JSC “BANK TRUST-CAPITAL” joined the all-Ukrainian information campaigns of the National Bank of Ukraine on combating payment fraud, which was launched 07 July 2020.

     The goal of the campaign – to teach the Ukrainians basic safety rules non-cash and online payments.

     In Ukraine and in the world, the most popular method of fraud with payment cards is social engineering is when people transfer money scams or they reveal their cards.

     "If earlier we struggled with overlays on ATMs, through which fraudsters steal data cards, now we are fighting for awareness, because most people become victims of fraud due to failure to observe essential rules of payment security," – said the Director of Department of payment systems and the innovative development of the National Bank Alexei Chaban. According to him, last year in Ukraine was almost 72 thousand cases of illegal actions with payment cards, of which 58% occurred on the Internet. But the fraud overlays on ATM is almost a thing of the past.

     In 2020, through quarantine measures, the Ukrainians are increasingly began to choose non-cash payments, payments and purchases online. There are new scenarios from crooks, who under the guise of state bodies promised cash assistance through quarantine and thus extort payment card details.

     "In today's world more and more agitana zavarovalnica and diversity methods of unauthorized access to information. Unfortunately, it depends not only on the technical equipment of financial institutions and of ways to protect the financial resources of clients. Conventionally, methods of unauthorized access to information can be divided into two categories: using social engineering techniques without them. If in the second case, the attacker must have knowledge in the field of information technology, in the first - to obtain sensitive data he draws on knowledge from psychology. So, right now, it is extremely important to educate the broadest possible range of citizens about the possible fraudulent activities of criminals, methods of their psychological impact on the potential "victim", and rules of conduct in such situations," said Paul Nichiporenko, head of payment systems Department JSC "BANK TRUST-CAPITAL".

     During the mass transition to online, one of the main tasks for the Central banks of all countries is to protect people from cases of payment fraud.

     "For the first time in the history of Ukraine, the national Bank organizes a massive information campaign countering payment fraud, which supports a wide range of like-minded people. The joint efforts of the National Bank, postal and telecommunications, banks, payment systems, mobile operators, Internet shops, we will hold an unprecedented information campaign and give resistance to fraud, says the Director of the communications Department of the National Bank Natalia Bondarenko – to Talk about the rules of the payment security, we're gonna be on TV and radio, in Newspapers and on news portals, instant messengers and SMS, in metro, railway stations and even in the payment for electricity.

     We try to use all possible communication channels to reach audience and to protect citizens from criminal actions of fraud, and are very grateful to the partners who supported the project and together with us work towards the development of financial awareness of the population."

     The information campaign will take place in July-August 2020 in all regions of Ukraine. Read more about the campaign can be read here.