The Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate informs citizens about fraudulent websites and fraudulent e-mails sent to users of Internet and promise big profits from supposedly rigged football matches.
The content of e-mails promises recipients, instantly and easily, large profits from betting on football matches, asking them to create a personal account on specific betting websites.
The purpose of e-mails is to persuade citizens to participate in wagering and in order to collect their alleged earnings, to deposit large amounts of money into the accounts of unknown offenders.
The Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office of the Greek Police, as part of its preventive action to prevent citizens' deception, informs internet users that there is an upsurge in sending emails, to a large number of Internet users.
With these messages, unknown actors try to deceive the recipients in order to extract large amounts of money from them.
In particular, the perpetrators through the above emails promise recipients, instantly and easily, large profits from betting on football matches that are supposed to know and ask the recipients to create personal user accounts on specific websites where the perpetrators show virtually large sums of money for alleged winnings from proposed matches.
For the alleged disbursement of these earnings, citizens are asked to deposit large amounts of money into the accounts of the perpetrators, to cover the expenses of those who helped in the process and the successful prediction.
In fact, only one e-mail address is given as a contact information to these messages, without ever having any other contact information (mobile or fixed telephone, etc.).
In view of the above, the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office recommends to Internet users:
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Do not respond and do not respond to such emails, through which even personal data or financial data may be requested.
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Do not subscribe to websites that promise big winnings from betting on supposedly soccer matches, since this, in addition to prosecuting offenders, can also lead to criminal prosecution against them.
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Examine the validity and authenticity of the websites before creating any personal account.
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Not to trust strangers on the internetnetwork that promise profits.
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Do not send via e-mail, their personal data (identity card, passport, tax registration number - TIN, etc.) and financial data (bank account numbers, personal codes - PIN numbers) etc. data.
Additionally, Internet users are advised not to open e-mails, whose origin or sender is not sure.
Particularly dangerous are e-mails of unknown origin that contain attachments, and more with .exe, .pif, or .vbs.
It is reminded that citizens can contact the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office on the following contact details:
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Phone: 111 88
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By e-mail at: ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr
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Through the application (application) for smart phones (smartphones), with iOS-android operating system:CYBERKID.
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Via Twitter "SOS Cyber Alert Line": @cyberalertGR
