Europol (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) has been notified of cyber-fraud, in which cybercriminals in European countries use the names of Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle and its Executive Director. Europol Mr Jean-Philippe Lecouffe, as well as other European law enforcement officials, to raise money.
Misleading emails or messages sent to Social Media are written in various languages and use the Europol logo, the name of Catherine De Bolle and / or Jean-Philippe Lecouffe to make them credible.
According to their content, the fraudsters mislead the recipients that Europol is investigating them for alleged child pornography cases and demand money from them in order to stop the investigation.
Do not be fooled - this correspondence is fake. Neither the Executive Director of Europol nor the Deputy Executive Director would communicate directly with members of the public by threatening to launch a criminal investigation against them.
In case any person receives a suspicious email or correspondence with this content, he is called as he reports it to the Cybercrime Prosecution Sub-Directorate of the Police Headquarters, at 22808200.
