Online scams, “beware of fake police logo messages”

A new phishing campaign is underway through false emails and social messages created by indicating in the text the name of Nunzia Ciardi, senior executive of the Police and former director of the Postal Police. These false messages, underlines the Police, also use Police logos and offer the victim a non-existent criminal investigation against him, all with the aim of causing agitation in the recipient, inducing him to recontact the scammers and thus exposing himself to subsequent requests for payments. in money or communication of personal data. ” Attention ”, underlines the Postal Police, which recommends to ” be wary of such messages ” and clarifies that ” no police force would ever contact citizens directly, through email or messages, to request payment of money or communications of personal data, under the threat of criminal proceedings or sanctions ”.