Charleroi’s prosecution alerts a new online scam

The Charleroi prosecution called for caution in the face of a new form of computer fraud set up in the region. Moreover, The crooks pretend to be the Belgian Institute of Postal. Furthermore, Telecommunications (IBPT), police and justice in a complex staging to trap their victims.

The pirates establish a first telephone contact by generally presenting themselves in the name of the IBPT. Consequently, They tell their target that it was the victim of an identity theft linked to a fraudulent telephone subscription. Moreover, The victims are then invited to continue exchanges via the Microsoft Teams application, which must be installed to “secure communications”. They must also install other applications related to cryptocurrencies (Kraken, Coinbase, Binance, etc.), as well as VPN software whose identifiers must be communicated to the authors. A false police officer between contact with the victims by charleroi’s prosecution alerts new online pretending that a legal proceedings are open. Personal information, including their identity documents and bank details, is requested during communication. Finally, a fraudster pretended to be the king’s prosecutor. The latter “Request the victim to make transfers on accounts presented as official. to open cryptocurrencies portfolios or to open new bank accounts, then used by fraudsters to pass funds from other victims”said the Charleroi prosecution.

The public prosecutor recalls that the authorities never ask to install applications. communicate personal identifiers or transfer funds in this way. If in doubt, the prosecution advises to hang up and contact the police directly or its bank. Any attempted scam can be reported on the site https://www.safeonweb.be.