15/04/2020
Dear friends good morning.
𝐁𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐄
The COVID-19 generated a lot of information and a lot of aggravation and suffering to the world.
I take this opportunity to just pass some information (as provided by Europol, Interpol and other organisations) about 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒 that emerged out of this crisis and out of the extensive use of the internet in the form of video-conferencing, chat rooms, email marketing, internet advertising, online forums and boards and other related means. Crimes range from cyber-attacks on organisations and individuals, fraud to child-abuse (children are more vulnerable due to the isolation, less supervision and greater online exposure) and many more.
Criminals swiftly take advantage of the virus proliferation and are abusing the demand people have for information and supplies, as well for the need to socialise.
Criminals carry out social engineering attacks, namely phishing emails through spam campaigns and more targeted attempts such as business email compromise (BEC).
𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲) 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
This type of abuse does not necessarily require physical contact but can result in negative consequences to the victim in the form of cyber-bulling, grooming, mental sexual assault, harassment. This might effect the way persons feel about themselves and the persons social well-being.
Furthermore if the abuse is in the form of video conferencing and the victim provides any type of images/videos of himself/herself in any form, especially of inappropriate content,it might result in the victim being blackmailed and requiring ransom in order not to publish the images and videos on social media making it available to friends and family of the victim. Protect yourselves, protect your children, protect your friends.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺𝘀 - 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗜𝗧 & 𝗦𝗨𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦
Businesses seeking to purchase supplies such as protective masks and other equipment are being targeted by scammers.
This includes, among others, the distribution of healthcare and sanitary products, personal protective equipment, counterfeit pharmaceutical products, fake corona home testing kits.
𝗣𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
Emails claiming to be from national or global health authorities, with the aim of tricking victims to provide personal credentials or payment details, or to open an attachment containing malware.
𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗳𝘁
It appears certain fraud schemes are particularly targeting vulnerable members of society, such as the elderly. Fraudsters also approach victims at home by pretending to be law enforcement or healthcare officials offering testing for COVID-19 and other pretenses to enter homes and steal valuables.
They impersonate medical staff providing information material or hygiene products or conducting a ‘corona test’.
The call the victims and inform them that a relative was affected and that they should immediately take the test. They visit the victim with full medical gear to take samples for testing and during that time they loot the home of the victim.
𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗙𝗢𝗥
Buying medical supplies online, or received emails or links offering medical support, be alert to the signs of a potential scam to protect yourself and your money.
• Independently verify the company/individual offering the items before making any purchases;
• Be aware of bogus websites – criminals will often use a web address which looks almost identical to the legitimate one, e.g. ‘abc.org’ instead of ‘abc.com’;
• Check online reviews of a company before making a purchase – for example, have there been complaints of other customers not receiving the promised items?;
• Be wary if asked to make a payment to a bank account located in a different country than where the company is located;
• If you believe you have been the victim of fraud, alert your bank immediately so the payment can be stopped.
• Do not click on links or open attachments which you were not expecting to receive, or come from an unknown sender;
• Be wary of unsolicited emails offering medical equipment or requesting your personal information for medical checks – legitimate health authorities do not normally contact the general public in this manner.
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