Scammers are impersonating the head of Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, in an attempt to spook victims into handing over their financial information. The Belgian police have received hundreds of reports of emails purporting to come from Catherine De Bolle, Europol’s executive director, according to the Brussels Times. The email accuses the recipient of child pornography and sex trafficking, and then attempts to steal the PayPal account credentials. The email threatens to initiate criminal prosecution against the recipient unless they reply within 72 hours. Europol, which had warned about this type of scam in April, again urged internet users on Thursday not to fall for the gimmick. “Our executive director would never contact members of the public threatening individuals with opening a criminal investigation,” tweeted Europol, which does investigate lots of actual cybercrime. Cybercrooks often impersonate the law enforcement agencies that hunt them in an effort to intimidate […]
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