Scammers have been benefiting from the battle in Ukraine by spreading emotional appeals throughout the web and stealing identities.
Global Disinformation Reporter Hannah Gelbart investigates their emotionally charged tips, and follows digital paper trails throughout the web
Listen to the episode ‘War scams: The criminals exploiting battle in Ukraine’ from BBC Trending.
Watch the documentary on BBC News iPlayer ‘Victims of Ukraine War Scams’ within the UK and BBC News YouTube globally.
Produced by Soraya Auer and Hannah Gelbart for BBC Global Reality Check and the Global Disinformation Unit.
Motion graphics by Naomi Goddard
Additional filming by Marek Polaszewski, Dickon Mager, Greg Shea
Edited by Frik Reinecke and Paul Mullen
Additional analysis by Ax Sharma and Paul Myers
With inputs from BBC
