Orbán urges public to beware of scams linked to Ukraine
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has urged the public to beware of 'a noticeable rise' in banking scams and hacking, including cyber fraud linked to Ukraine.
In a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday, PM Orbán said his cabinet was busy preparing for tomorrow's meeting which will cover economic issues such as the mandatory cap on markups, the Demjan Sandor scheme for scaling up local SMEs as well as 'a very harmful phenomenon'.
PM Orbán warned of a recent 'noticeable rise' in banking scams and hacking cases, 'particularly Ukrainian-linked cyber fraud'.
'One wrong click and there go the family's savings,' the prime minister said, noting that scammers defraud Hungarian families of 8 billion forints (EUR 19.8m) each year.
He said the authorities had recently shut down a 19-member network linked to Ukrainian organised crime, adding he believed that investigators will have to step up such operations.
The cabinet on Wednesday will decide on new ways to combat banking scams linked to Ukrainian crime rings, PM Orbán said.
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