Lower Saxony police warning
Emergency assistance in the coronavirus era? Cybercriminals are currently taking advantage of this situation, promising that companies will provide relief immediately, but of course not. The purpose is to get the company's business data.
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Most importantly, the crisis has brought criminals trying to take advantage of the situation. It doesn't matter whether it's the perfect spam attempting to ransom or contact you directly. New fraud attempts are reported daily to exacerbate the situation. There is a new scam targeted at companies.
As reported by the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police, cybercriminals pretend to be official agencies and promise on their website that they will immediately provide financial assistance in the Corona crisis. Even throw apps into the store's mailbox. Now that the federal government has launched a multi-billion dollar package, it is likely that the situation of criminals will be discovered.
Lower Saxony Interpol Office
"Our colleagues from the Baden-Wurttemberg Criminal Police Department have recently been able to determine that company data is currently being obtained through so-called COVID-19-related emergency assistance applications."
The scam should not only be based on fake applications. Obviously, the fraudster even called the company directly to indicate the offer. They also pretend to be members of official bodies here. The goal is to obtain sensitive business data that can be used for other criminal purposes.
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Here, the police of Lower Saxony also have some suggestions. If you want to apply for emergency assistance for your company, you can only contact the official agency. In addition, authorities never send applications to companies without request. No one should be called to disclose sensitive data on the phone. The phone number shown on the display may also be fake.
The current state of corona is exploited by many fraudsters. We will inform you of current scams and fake shops in the articles linked here. Here you can not only tell yourself about attempts to commit fraud in the context of a virus, but also see other grids.
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