The Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office informs citizens about sending fraudulent emails (spam) to a large number of Greek internet users
The perpetrators with these messages inform the recipients that it has been selected is - mail them from global draw of a well-known company information technologyand have won a large amount of money.
They then ask the victims to disclose various sensitive personal details and then to pay a sum of money to send them the amount they have allegedly won
The Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of the Hellenic Police informs them users of the Internet, that in recent days there has been an increase in the sending of fraudulent e-mails to a large number of Internet users.
With these messages, unknown actors try to deceive the recipients to get them sensitive personal data and money.
In particular, the above emails inform the recipients that their email has been selected from a worldwide draw of a known computer company and that they have earned a large sum of money.
Then, once the recipient responds, they ask for sensitive personal information, such as name, home address, phone number, bank account number, photocopy of ID, etc. After receiving the above information, they inform the recipient that, in order for the amount to be sent to him, he will have to advance a sum of money, usually of small value, to cover necessary expenses such asterms, shipping costs, etc.
It is pointed out that these messages need great attention, since in many cases, in order to convince the recipients, they use the logo of the company, names of its employees, e-mail addresses with its name, etc. and they are presented extremely realistically.
Finally, it is reported that incidents have occurred with the sending of similar emails, which are allegedly derived falsely from other related companies.
Users who receive such emails are being asked not to reply and send personal data and money, as they are by no means true.
It is recalled that for similar incidents, citizens can contact the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office on the following contact details:
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Phone:
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Sending emails to ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr
