Fake emails from the Police ?! From the Address Electronic Crime of the Hellenic Police, a regular procedure file is formed, as part of the case investigation Missionof misleading e-mails, with the alleged sender being the Hellenic Police Headquarters.
In particular, according to complaints, unknown perpetrators sent e-mails to internet users with the following address: police@department.gr.
These messages contain text (it is obviously automated translation – κακής ποιότητας – από αγγλικά), με το οποίο ενημερώνεται ο παραλήπτης για υποτιθέμενη παραβίαση των υπηρεσιών ηλεκτρονικής τραπεζικής (e-banking).
The sender of the messages "signs" as "Hellenic Police Headquarters", with postal address and contact telephone number corresponding to the Police Service, while the fax number shown belongs to a private company.
See a sample of emails:
In this context, the Electronic Crime Investigation Directorate informs citizens:
- to be especially careful in the event that they find the existence of such posts on social networks or receive e-mails, in order to avoid possible financialscamof them
- do not respond to such posts on social networks and do not respond to electronic messages through which they are requested privacy or economic data.
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