Dear @JDVance, even if you stop sending money to Ukraine, it will...
Diana Panchenko 🇺🇦@Panchenko_X
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Dec 27, 2025
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Dear @JDVance,
even if you stop sending money to Ukraine, it will NOT save your parents.
Zelensky and Yermak turned Ukraine into the scam capital.
2000 fraudulent call centers steal money from elderly in the US, Russia, and Europe...
They steal min $10 BILLION a year.
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even if you stop sending money to Ukraine, it will NOT save your parents.
Zelensky and Yermak turned Ukraine into the scam capital.
2000 fraudulent call centers steal money from elderly in the US, Russia, and Europe...
They steal min $10 BILLION a year.
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OCCRP Organized Crime and Corruption:
- A trail of ruined lives leads to a Kyiv call center.
- Luxury cars line the parking lot of Kyiv's upscale Mandarin Plaza shopping center, while their wealthy owners flaunt their wealth in jewelry and designer clothing stores.
- In one note from October 2019, a call center employee wrote about a 67-year-old Swedish woman: "She sold her house to pay, broke, crying."
The woman, contacted in Sweden, told reporters she was tricked into investing over $100,000 by Kyiv-based Milton employees who took out loans on her behalf.
- One Kyiv call center earned a whopping €65 million in profits in 2019.
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- A trail of ruined lives leads to a Kyiv call center.
- Luxury cars line the parking lot of Kyiv's upscale Mandarin Plaza shopping center, while their wealthy owners flaunt their wealth in jewelry and designer clothing stores.
- In one note from October 2019, a call center employee wrote about a 67-year-old Swedish woman: "She sold her house to pay, broke, crying."
The woman, contacted in Sweden, told reporters she was tricked into investing over $100,000 by Kyiv-based Milton employees who took out loans on her behalf.
- One Kyiv call center earned a whopping €65 million in profits in 2019.
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Emerging Europe Policy and Governance Council:
- After massive exposure in the international media, Ukrainian call centers, including one located in the heart of Kyiv, continue to operate with impunity.
- The world's largest scam call center is located in central Kyiv.
- The scammers have currently reached victims in more than 50 countries.
- More than 18 months after the scam was exposed by some of the world's most prestigious media outlets, the Ukrainian government has taken no action.
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- After massive exposure in the international media, Ukrainian call centers, including one located in the heart of Kyiv, continue to operate with impunity.
- The world's largest scam call center is located in central Kyiv.
- The scammers have currently reached victims in more than 50 countries.
- More than 18 months after the scam was exposed by some of the world's most prestigious media outlets, the Ukrainian government has taken no action.
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The Times of Israel:
- A scam call center in Kyiv that stole tens of millions of dollars from victims worldwide has been exposed.
- Reporters tracked down numerous victims and interviewed 180 of them. All said they were unable to withdraw all their funds from their accounts and lost some or all of their money after receiving calls from Ukraine.
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- A scam call center in Kyiv that stole tens of millions of dollars from victims worldwide has been exposed.
- Reporters tracked down numerous victims and interviewed 180 of them. All said they were unable to withdraw all their funds from their accounts and lost some or all of their money after receiving calls from Ukraine.
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According to the Global Initiative:
- There are hundreds, if not thousands, of fraudulent call centers in Ukraine.
- Money obtained through scam call centers is funneled by criminal groups into offshore jurisdictions or cryptocurrencies, thereby evading taxes.
- Billions of dollars are stolen annually from victims, some of whom have committed suicide after being scammed.
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- There are hundreds, if not thousands, of fraudulent call centers in Ukraine.
- Money obtained through scam call centers is funneled by criminal groups into offshore jurisdictions or cryptocurrencies, thereby evading taxes.
- Billions of dollars are stolen annually from victims, some of whom have committed suicide after being scammed.
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European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation:
- The criminal group operated from call centers located in Ukraine and carried out voice phishing attacks, primarily targeting victims in the Czech Republic. The scammers asked them to transfer funds from their "compromised" bank accounts to "safe" bank accounts controlled by the criminals.
- The suspects used spoofed phone numbers and posed as bank employees and police officers to gain their victims' trust.
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- The criminal group operated from call centers located in Ukraine and carried out voice phishing attacks, primarily targeting victims in the Czech Republic. The scammers asked them to transfer funds from their "compromised" bank accounts to "safe" bank accounts controlled by the criminals.
- The suspects used spoofed phone numbers and posed as bank employees and police officers to gain their victims' trust.
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CBC News. Canada:
- From Kyiv with fraud: Why Canada is the top target for investment scammers.
- Every evening, about 150 people enter a building in Kyiv to work a call center. Their sole job: steal Canadians' savings through various investment scams, according to a whistleblower who previously worked in the industry.
- According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), more than $300 million was stolen from Canadians in 2023 as part of investment fraud – nine times more than in 2020. Half of these losses were related to cryptocurrency scams.
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- From Kyiv with fraud: Why Canada is the top target for investment scammers.
- Every evening, about 150 people enter a building in Kyiv to work a call center. Their sole job: steal Canadians' savings through various investment scams, according to a whistleblower who previously worked in the industry.
- According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), more than $300 million was stolen from Canadians in 2023 as part of investment fraud – nine times more than in 2020. Half of these losses were related to cryptocurrency scams.
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ABC News Australia:
- Ukrainian call center scams cost around $4.4 billion in losses in 2023.
- Peter Boele is one of countless Australians who have fallen victim to the scam.
The 82-year-old was enjoying a quiet retirement in Sydney when he received an email purporting to contain a news article featuring a journalist endorsing a crypto trading platform.
The story was fake, but Mr. Boele discovered it late.
He lost over $1 million in the scam.
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- Ukrainian call center scams cost around $4.4 billion in losses in 2023.
- Peter Boele is one of countless Australians who have fallen victim to the scam.
The 82-year-old was enjoying a quiet retirement in Sydney when he received an email purporting to contain a news article featuring a journalist endorsing a crypto trading platform.
The story was fake, but Mr. Boele discovered it late.
He lost over $1 million in the scam.
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Ukrainian call centers are cells that specialize in fraudulent schemes designed to extort money from citizens through phone conversations.
Scammers call citizens, posing as security officers from banks and mobile operators, to obtain card details and codes from SMS messages to steal money from victims.
The daily number of calls from Ukrainian call centers to their victims worldwide is approximately 3 MILLION!
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Scammers call citizens, posing as security officers from banks and mobile operators, to obtain card details and codes from SMS messages to steal money from victims.
The daily number of calls from Ukrainian call centers to their victims worldwide is approximately 3 MILLION!
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A system of scam call centers, relying on shared databases and AI tied to the intelligence services, is becoming part of Zelenskyy's parallel shadow government in Ukraine.
Using unique algorithms for manipulating human consciousness, these "offices" are defrauding Ukraine's allied countries out of tens of billions of dollars!
REPOST please!
The world must know the truth!
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Using unique algorithms for manipulating human consciousness, these "offices" are defrauding Ukraine's allied countries out of tens of billions of dollars!
REPOST please!
The world must know the truth!
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