Filenews 10 October 2024
The Police are urging the public's attention in relation to a new scam, committed through phone calls through the WhatsApp application, with the perpetrators falsely pretending to be the Cyprus Police.
The perpetrators of the fraud, in particular, call citizens to a video call, through the communication application – WhatsApp, falsely pretending to communicate on behalf of the Police.
The communication takes place in English and the perpetrators ask citizens to declare their various personal and banking details, as well as to present various documents, such as their identity card and bank debit/credit cards.
These phone calls constitute fraud and do not come from the police. The public is requested to be particularly careful and take the following protection measures
- Do NOT respond to calls and instructions received from perpetrators
- Do not respond to any links sent by the perpetrators
- Not to disclose to other persons, codes that they may have received on their mobile phone
In case the perpetrators were declared any banking data during such a call, the public should IMMEDIATELY inform their Banking Institution to avoid unwanted use of their data.
