E-mails continue to circulate with attached letters from supposed police authorities in which unsuspecting citizens are accused of crimes they have allegedly committed. The addressees of the emails, who are not named, are asked to comment on the accusation. Otherwise an arrest warrant will be obtained.
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Such emails from unknown authors posing as BKA President Holger Münch were already in circulation in December 2021 and May 2022. The BKA has now discovered that such emails are currently circulating more and more. There are also emails in circulation in which unknown authors pretend to be department heads of the BKA or general commissioner of the federal police.
The emails also contain fake subpoenas, accompanied by a request to contact the BKA within a deadline via an email address provided in the letters.
We clarify:
These emails with the attached letters are fake emails that do not come from the Federal Criminal Police Office. That's why the BKA warns: Do not comply with these requests . This is probably an attempt to spy on your data in order to commit further crimes. Under no circumstances should you open any pending PDF documents or letters in these emails. These could contain malware and infect your device in order to then commit further crimes. Protect yourself by checking the email address for the credibility of the sender . The BKA never sends emails from accounts of private email providers.
In general, you should never respond to emails from unknown senders. Do not open files from unknown sources or click on links in emails from unknown senders. And generally be vigilant when handling personal data. If you become a victim of a crime, report it to your local police station.
Source:
BKA
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