In recent years, fraud has become the fastest growing type of crime and every year, scams over billions will come from their victims.
Not infrequently, they also pretend to be representatives from everything from banks and authorities to companies. In this way, the fraudster hopes to gain confidence and confidence and then deceive no bad Swedes and belongings.
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Received the message? It’s a scam
An example of this is the messages that recently flourished in the hotel booking site Booking.com’s app. There, scammers have entered and managed to send messages to people who have booked a hotel where they write that the booking must be confirmed with bank details. In fact, they are calling for money from those who fall for the scam and share their bank information to what many might believe is Booking.combut which is in fact the fraudster.
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The Social Insurance Office warns: “If you received an email …”
Now, through its website, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency has gone out and warned the public that fraudsters pretend to represent the authority. By sending out fake emails containing links and attachments, they try to deceive private individuals.
“Right now, there is a wave of fraud, which seems to come from the Social Insurance Office. There are several different variants of the e -mails, in one of them it says that you “should receive a refund” and you are asked to click on a link to update your payment information. It is a scam and the e -mail does not come from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, ”the Swedish Social Insurance Agency writes on its own website.
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The call to you
Due to the new fraud attempts, the Social Insurance Office takes the opportunity to share a sharp call to anyone who has received an email:
“If you have received an e -mail that looks to come from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency but you suspect is false, you should not click on any links or open any attachments – but throw it directly”.
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The Social Insurance Office: This is how the bluff email looks
Finally, the authority chooses to also share a picture of The website. It shows what one of the scam emails can look like.
Photo: screen image insurance fund.se