Scammers Are Sending Fraudulent Emails Falsely Attributed to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine — Official website of the President of Ukraine
This update concerns a cybersecurity fraud warning from Ukraine's Presidential Office and contains no financial services, banking, investment, lending, digital assets, or cash equivalent content.
No secondary financial services tag applies; this is a government cybersecurity advisory unrelated to the FS taxonomy.
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The update describes a fraudulent email scam impersonating a government official, which involves deception causing potential financial or reputational harm, though the financial crime element is not explicitly confirmed.
Mandatory inheritance: Fraud is a child of Financial Crime, so Financial Crime must be raised as the secondary tag, though this update lacks explicit financial services regulatory context.
2026-04-21 08:53:42·arahman@vixio.com
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Scammers are sending fraudulent emails falsely attributed to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov. We urge everyone to carefully verify the sender’s email address and not to trust any that look suspicious.
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TITLE: Ukraine's Presidential Office Warns of Fraudulent Emails Falsely Attributed to Head of Office
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On April 20, 2026, the Office of the President of Ukraine issued a public warning regarding scammers sending fraudulent emails falsely attributed to Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
The Presidential Office advised the public to carefully verify sender email addresses and exercise caution with suspicious messages. A recent fraudulent email was received by Jurij Klufas, President of the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada. The message falsely claimed to originate from Budanov and requested "active media and information support" for the return of Ukrainian citizens to their homeland. The fraudulent email was sent from a commercial email service account (office.apu.gov.ua@proton.me) rather than an official Presidential Office address, and the signature did not belong to Budanov.
The Presidential Office has transferred all information regarding this cyber fraud incident to relevant law enforcement authorities for investigation. The warning emphasises the importance of verifying the authenticity of official communications, particularly those requesting sensitive actions or information. Recipients are advised not to trust emails that appear suspicious or originate from non-official addresses, even if they reference official figures or contain plausible requests related to government matters.
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