When the word “police” appears in an internet address, many users consider these sites to be reputable. But there are also black sheep who spread outdated messages or lure users into a trap!

We often refer to official police reports for articles about current events. However, two sites in particular stand out that spread obvious police reports, but only want to attract users to their site and have absolutely no intention of disseminating important information.

polizei-presse.com

At first glance, this site appears serious.
In fact, you can also find real police reports there, some of which are published automatically on the site. However, the site's messages have two catches:
1. The messages often quickly become outdated
2. Users are redirected to dubious pages through inexperienced clicks

Here is an example for point 1:

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Screenshot mimikama.org

We pixelated the man's face in the screenshot above, and for good reason. The message appeared on the site on October 23rd , but the man was already identified October 1st ! Sharing that report is, in principle, even a criminal offence, because both the police themselves and every press outlet that reported on it deleted the picture after the man was identified, as it would otherwise violate personal rights.

So not only does the site distribute old police reports, it doesn't update them either!
But another trap is hidden on the page. If you click somewhere without knowing, a new tab often opens:

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Screenshot mimikama.org

You suddenly land on a site where you can supposedly make money effortlessly with Bitcoin trading, we reported on that scam site.

policereports.com

This site is even more brazen: it not only disseminates outdated police reports that are not updated, but also articles from various media about which there are no police reports at all.
Here is a current example:

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Screenshot mimikama.org

The message itself is real, it appeared on the website “ meine.at “. However, this is not a police report!
In addition, the article on polizeimeldeen.com is significantly shortened. But it gets even bolder : a careless click, or sometimes just calling up the page, redirects the user to false warning messages that are difficult to escape: the tab can no longer be closed because of all the pop-ups, and the user is supposed to receive false warnings be tricked into installing a malicious plugin:

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We expressly advise you not to click on any articles on that page. We only managed to use trickery to close the malicious tabs and pop-ups without infecting the PC.

Where do the pages come from?

Not by the police, that's for sure. A look at the imprints of the pages reveals this to us:

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Screenshot mimikama.org

So those responsible are based abroad and have nothing to do with the real police.

Conclusion

These two sites spread partly outdated reports and partly reports that are not from the police at all. In addition, both sides run the risk of infecting the computer with harmful plugins, adware and malware or ending up on dubious scam websites.

We therefore expressly advise against sharing reports from these sites!


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