The Specialized Fiscal Unit in Cybercrime (UFECI) reported this Thursday about a new type of scam through emails sent on behalf of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) or Interpol in which the victims are warned that there is a criminal investigation against them for “child pornography” and “cyberpornography”, with the aim of capturing their personal data and even demanding money from them with the promise of closing the investigations.
The UFECI, in charge of the Attorney General Horacio Azzolin, reported it through the prosecutor’s website, which depends on the Attorney General of the Nation, where it was detailed that the emails through which the scam begins They include the threat of an “imminent arrest warrant following a computer seizure due to cyber-infiltration of their computers.”
“The messages seek to obtain personal data from the victims through the ‘disclaimers’ that they produce against the crimes of which they are accused. -such as photos of their documents, which can later be used for other maneuvers- or even obtain money with a deposit of one thousand dollars in Bitcoins in exchange for closing the investigation,” it was reported.
The specialized Fiscal Unit stressed that the content of these emails is false and that those who have been victims should not respond to them or deliver money and recommended that when in doubt they file a complaint at the police station closest to their home.
“One of the emails attributed to the Superintendence of Federal Investigations of the PFA indicates that, in order to respect the confidentiality of the person who must make the download, the sender expects a response with the relevant justifications to an email address, so that “the facts can be examined and verified in order to assess the sanctions within a strict period of 48 hours,” as detailed.
? New alert from the #UFECI for false extortion emails from the police ?♂️??♀️?
? https://t.co/PNLba91yvZ— Horacio Azzolin (@horacioazzolin) February 9, 2023
In the same message, the victims are warned that, if they do not make the corresponding discharge, the file will be sent to the associations that fight against pedophilia and to the media for publication.
From the website Prosecutors it was detailed that “another of the emails that circulates adds that there is only one way to stop the ongoing investigation: sending an amount of one thousand US dollars in Bitcoins to a detailed account in the same message. This possibility, adds the sender, is offered only once to the victim and with a peremptory term”.
In that same apocryphal message, the victim is explained that If you don’t know how to buy Bitcoins and transfer them, you can look for the information available on the Internet.
In the email scam victims receive They are warned that they have a period of 48 hours from the opening and reading of that document -since all their communication systems and devices have been intervened- to make the payments and they are threatened so that they do not make the complaint.
“One of the emails attributed to the Superintendency of Federal Investigations of the PFA indicates that, in order to respect the confidentiality of the person who must make the download, the sender expects a response with the pertinent justifications to an email address, so that ‘they can be examined and verified the facts in order to assess the sanctions within a strict period of 48 hours”
“Other of the emails that circulate, awarded to Interpol, details that, at the request of the secretary of national security of the United States of America, head of the Department of Major Risks, ‘Brigade for the Protection of Minors’, must answer of their own free will on the crime of child pornography, pedophilia, exhibitionism and cybernetic pornography”, It was reported from Fiscales.com.
“There it is explained that the legal actions for committing these crimes will be undertaken after the seizure of a computer. In addition, it highlights that these acts can be punished with five years in prison and a fine of 80 thousand dollars,” it was detailed in relation to another of the scams carried out through emails.
