{"id":1240362,"date":"2025-06-11T21:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/your-loved-one-is-in-the-hospital-ukrainians-warned-about-new-fraudulent-schemes-involving-prisoners-of-war-and-missing-persons\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T21:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:15:43","slug":"your-loved-one-is-in-the-hospital-ukrainians-warned-about-new-fraudulent-schemes-involving-prisoners-of-war-and-missing-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/your-loved-one-is-in-the-hospital-ukrainians-warned-about-new-fraudulent-schemes-involving-prisoners-of-war-and-missing-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYour loved one is in the hospital\u201d: Ukrainians warned about new fraudulent schemes involving prisoners of war and missing persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has issued an urgent warning to the families of Ukrainian defenders who are in captivity or missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Koord_shtab\/13055\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the press service<\/a> of the department.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that recently, scammers have become significantly more active, trying to take advantage of the difficult emotional state of relatives by offering &#8220;help&#8221; in releasing military personnel &#8211; for money or in exchange for personal information.<\/p>\n<p> The headquarters emphasizes that <strong>only state structures have the right to engage in the exchange of prisoners of war and the search for missing persons<\/strong> . No official institution <strong>demands money<\/strong> for these actions. All consultations, coordination and assistance are provided free of charge.<\/p>\n<p> How scammers work:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> <strong>\u201cInclusion on the exchange list\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 attackers pose as employees of official structures or &#8220;intermediaries&#8221;, demanding money for including the defender on the exchange list.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>\u201cYour loved one is in the hospital\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 calls are coming in with dire reports about the serious condition of a serviceman and a demand for an immediate transfer of funds.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Pseudo-collections<\/strong> for treatment, evacuation or \u201csaving a place in the colony.\u201d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Demanding bank details<\/strong> under the guise of requesting financial assistance or compensation.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The headquarters emphasizes: all such messages are <strong>manipulation and deception<\/strong> . Criminals apply psychological pressure to get money or access to bank cards that receive social payments.<\/p>\n<p> What should relatives of military personnel do:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Don&#8217;t trust anyone who promises to &#8220;solve the issue&#8221; for a fee.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Do not give anyone your bank details, passwords or personal information.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> If you suspect fraud, <strong>contact the police immediately<\/strong> .<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> For all official questions, please contact the Coordination Headquarters hotline: 0 800 300 529.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The headquarters&#8217; specialists are ready to advise, provide support, and ensure communication with official bodies. The department urges everyone to remain vigilant and trust only verified sources.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has issued an urgent warning to the families of Ukrainian defenders who are in captivity or missing. This was reported by the press service of the department. It is noted that recently, scammers have become significantly more active, trying to take advantage of the difficult [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1240357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76878,76871],"class_list":["post-1240362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-society","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1240357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}