Justice Ministry reports detection of fake Electronic Register of Apostilles website
Specialists from the sectoral cyber incident response team of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine have detected a web resource that mimics the official Electronic Register of Apostilles and may be used to mislead citizens and collect personal data.
The Ministry of Justice in Ukraine reported the discovery of a fraudulent website mimicking the official Electronic Register of Apostilles, a platform designed to prevent citizens from falling victim to scams that aim to gather personal information. The Ministry issued a warning via their Telegram channel on Thursday, urging citizens to remain vigilant about the website addresses they visit.
It stressed that only state websites with the .gov.ua domain should be trusted, and personal or official data should not be entered on potentially unverified pages. The message also cautioned against following suspicious links.
To confirm the authenticity of an apostille, citizens can visit the official Electronic Register of Apostilles website at https://apostille.minjust.gov.ua. The Electronic Register of Apostilles (e-APP) was officially launched in Ukraine on March 2, 2026, and was presented with enhanced functionalities by a delegation from the Ministry of Justice at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) in April.
This project was supported by the European Union through the DT4UA initiative, implemented by the e-Governance Academy (eGA). An apostille serves as a unique certification stamp, validating the authenticity of signatures, the status of individuals, and seals, and is affixed to Ukrainian documents for use in all member countries of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.
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