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Fake police officers are currently calling victims indiscriminately and accusing them of crimes. In order to drop the accusations, they then demand money.
A new scam is currently being detected: The scammers contact their victims by phone and accuse them of being involved in drug smuggling, identity theft and money laundering.
As “evidence,” they send a document purportedly written by the Director General of Public Security, Dr. Franz Ruf. The scammers demand a payment of 2,000 euros in order to refrain from any further “investigations” against the victims.
The callers are, of course, not real police officers, and the document does not come from the Director General of Public Security. Please do not transfer money under any circumstances. If you have already been a victim of such a scam, file a complaint at the nearest police station.
➤ The police never stops investigations in exchange for payment.
➤ When receiving calls, mails or text messages, consider: How authentic are the sender and content?
➤ Check the e-mails or text messages for spelling and grammatical errors, as cyber criminals often operate internationally and use translation tools, which can be seen in the texts.
➤ Also check the phone number of the caller or sender to make sure that it really belongs to the specified company.
➤ Note, however, that even apparently genuine numbers do not automatically mean an authentic message. By spoofing, perpetrators can pretend to have a different phone number.
➤ Do not press any links that are included in e-mails or SMS messages.
–source: heute.at/picture: Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
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