Recently, the Police received several complaints from citizens regarding suspicious phone calls, in which scammers pretend to be officials of the International Insurance Services and / or the Police, informing the unsuspecting citizens that their Social Insurance Number is being abused.
Specifically, citizens receive phone calls from virtual numbers that appear to be authentic Cypriot mobile phone numbers and initially, with a recorded message, falsely inform in English that their social security number has been abused.
They are then referred to a call center where they ask unsuspecting citizens to disclose their personal and bank details, with the aim of deceiving them.
The public is called to be very careful and not to disclose to any person their personal and banking information and where possible, to try to confirm the authenticity of the service that calls them.