The Police received a new complaint today regarding online fraud, which concerns a fake email allegedly from the Tax Department.
According to the complaint submitted to the Nicosia Police Department, a citizen received today, May 18, an e-mail message, from a person who falsely presented himself as an officer of the Tax Department and who asked him to declare his password to his electronic bank account.
The recipient of the message revealed the information requested and then found that a number of withdrawals of funds, totalling €2,517 from his bank account were illegally made.
The fraud case is being investigated by the Financial Crime Investigation Unit, of the TAE Nicosia.
On the occasion of this new case, the Police urges the public to be especially careful and to follow the following recommendations:
-Never share personal or banking information via e-mail or through unknown websites
-No tax or other State Authority sends messages asking for codes and other banking details of a personal nature. In case you receive a similar message, ignore it and delete it immediately
-Be informed only by official State sources. Citizens can verify the identity of the people who call them, by communicating through the official channels of the Services that these people say they represent
-Do not fill in information on websites that are not the official ones of government organizations. -Always check the authenticity of the email address of the sender of a message and the authenticity of the email links it contains before selecting the link
-Use two-factor security for your online accounts
I-n case any banking data was reported to the perpetrators during such fraud, the public should IMMEDIATELY inform their Banking Institution to avoid unwanted use of their data and available funds and submit a relevant complaint to the Police
