The unnamed recipients of the emails are asked to comment on the allegations. Otherwise an arrest warrant will be obtained. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) warns.
Drastic accusation of “child pornography”
Possession of child pornography is often cited as an “accusation”. This accusation is so drastic that it probably triggers thoughtless, spontaneous reactions such as opening attachments, etc., among the recipients of the fake emails. Such emails from unknown authors who pretended to be BKA President Holger Münch were already in circulation in December 2021 and in May and December 2022. The BKA has now discovered that such emails are currently in circulation again.
There are also emails in circulation in which unknown authors pretend to be department heads of the BKA or commissioner general of the Federal Police, among others. The emails also contain fake subpoenas with a request to contact the BKA within a certain period of time using the email address provided in the letters.
The BKA makes it clear and warns:
These emails with the attached letters are fake emails that do not come from the Federal Criminal Police Office. The BKA therefore 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 PDF documents or letters attached to these emails. These could contain malware and infect your device in order to then commit further crimes. Protect yourself by verifying the credibility of the email sender. The BKA never sends emails from accounts of private email providers.
As a general rule, do not respond to emails from unknown senders. Do not open files from unknown sources or click on links in emails from unknown senders. In general, be careful when handling personal data. If you become a victim of a crime, report it to your local police station.
Source: BKA Federal Criminal Police Office
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