"Law enforcement officers even compiled a certain classification of fraudsters," Oleksandr Sokhatskyi, head of the criminal investigation department of the regional UMVS, told Express. -- We have identified about ten of the most common types of such crimes." \n \nMost often, fraudsters swindle mobile phones -- under the pretext of an urgent call. \n \nIn second place -- "kind women" who supposedly are casting a spell to remove the cause. It is noteworthy that previously such female fraudsters usually worked in cities, but today they have moved their simple "business" to the countryside. \n \nSo-called military fraud is also widespread. Strangers pose as military commissariat employees, ask whether there are any orders or awards at home, and offer help. While the owners search for the "necessary documents," the fraudsters take the awards and flee. \n \nOleksandr Sokhatskyi told about some of the most high-profile fraud cases that occurred this year. Police detained a criminal group consisting of four Roma from Sumy. They are responsible for 10 frauds and robberies committed in Volyn. These four entered the homes of trusting people and posed as medics who had brought medicine. After taking the "medicine," which was actually klofelin, the owners lost consciousness, and the thieves robbed the home. Three victims of this gang are still in intensive care. \n \nAnd recently, law enforcement officers registered another fraud case. An 80-year-old grandfather from Lutsk was returning home from the market along Shopen Street. He was stopped by a Roma woman who told a tearful story: supposedly a friend had ended up in the hospital after an accident. He urgently needs surgery, and they do not know how to get to the hospital because they are not from here. The stranger asked the grandfather to get into the car and show the way. In the car, the driver was just talking on a mobile phone about money for the operation. He supposedly had only foreign currency (the driver was actually holding a thick "wad") and asked whether it could be used to pay. So before his new "acquaintances," the grandfather faced a new problem: where to exchange currency on a day off? The couple turned to him for help. The grandfather should have gotten out of the car and run away from the suspicious types. But no -- he invited the "poor things" to his home. After the "exchange," the grandfather was left without a thousand hryvnias. \n \nIn the same way, fraudsters enriched themselves by 2,600 hryvnias from 76-year-old Andrii D. and 8,500 hryvnias from 66-year-old Anatolii T. from the village of \nRadomyshl in Lutsk district. \n \nThe head of the criminal investigation department warns people to be more careful. "Do not talk on the street with strangers or suspicious people, and when this happens, do not look them in the eyes," he says. -- If you have witnessed a crime, or have noticed persons of Roma nationality in a settlement who were not here before, report this to the head of the village council or the district police officer. Pay attention to their distinguishing features and the car number." \n \n \n \n