Ukrainian Cops Bust Major Vishing Call Center
Investigators in Ukraine have busted a call center operation blamed for defrauding an estimated 18,000 Kazakhstani victims.
Officers from Ukraine’s Cyber Police Department and the Main Investigative Department of the National Police teamed up to arrest 40 individuals in connection with the scheme, including three Dnipro residents who were allegedly in charge.
Targets in Kazakhstan were called by call center agents who pretended to be bank IT security personnel.
They allegedly obtained key account information after persuading the victims that outsiders had entered their accounts in order to try to reverse the "fraudulent" transactions read the complete article Ukrainian Cops Bust Major Vishing Call Center.