Confidence tricks

Serbian citizens are receiving scam emails again these days. After the Post Office, the National Bank of Serbia, and others, SBB internet and cable provider is now the phishing target.

Montenegro was allegedly hit by the Cuba Ransomware gang, while online frauds and phishing scams occurred elsewhere throughout the region.

Always contact your bank if you believe you have been scammed

The members of a Turkish Ponzi scheme, which is believed to have collected 639 million Turkish Liras ($76 million) from some 13,000 people, have confessed to carrying millions in cash with parcels, daily Hürriyet has reported.

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The Plovdiv District Prosecution Office has broken a criminal operation for money laundering related to computer fraud (phishing) outside Bulgaria. This emerged at a news conference in Plovdiv on Monday given by District Prosecutor Roumen Popov, anti-organized crime unit chief Dimiter Alexandrov and supervising prosecutor Peter Petrov.

European consumers are increasingly the victims of misleading advertising and social media scams. Through an advertisement, appealing things are offered for an irresistible price. After payment, the order is not delivered, consumers receive products that do not match the advertisement or are stuck with an unwanted subscription. 

Bernie Madoff, the man behind the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in prison at the age of 82. Madoff ran a ripoff pyramid scheme that conned thousands of people around the world.

Scammers collect personal data through fake job advertisements. On behalf of established employers, they offer attractive employment terms, and supposedly "approved" applicants are required to take a photo of an ID card and even send in a selfie with the ID document in hand.

The cybercrime unit of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) has warned the public about a spike in online fraud and fake news regarding the Covid-19 epidemic.

In 2019, approximately 1 in 3 EU citizens aged 16 to 74 reported security-related incidents when using the internet for private purposes in 2019 in the last 12 months.