if you are in the Fraudehelpdesk is the total number of fraud alerts in the past two years has increased by 19,000 to 31,000 million reports in 2019. The pecuniary loss increased by more than 65 percent in 2017 as it was in the damage of 16 million euros, in 2019, it was on to more than 26 million euro.
The increase is mainly due to the notifications from Whatsapp, fraud, beleggingsfraude, datingfraude, and purchases and sales via the internet and cybercrime, reports the Fraudehelpdesk. Under the cyber crime is phishing, and scams nephelpdesks.
The Fraudehelpdesk got to be in 2019, more than fourteen thousand reports of cyber crime. This is more than double compared to the end of 2018. Consequently, the number of reports is still on-6.253. The number of deaths increased from 344 in 2017 to 922 in 2019.
People can be notified to the Fraudehelpdesk when they find out that someone is trying to get them to light up. The number of reports of cyber crime, it goes to all the people who have tried it, is money cheat. The victims are the people who actually – and, arguably, are depressed, and so the money from the scam had lost.
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This growth in the reporting of cyber crime is in the increase of phishing attacks. Phishing is a method used by an attacker with a nepmailtjes or text messages fishing for personal information, such as login and bank account details. The harm that victims have occurred due to phishing scams rose in the years of 141.047 euro 853.167 of the euro.
The Fraudehelpdesk warned to be alert to, in particular, in the case of requests for money by e-mail, WhatsApp or sms. “Please be cautious about clicking on betaallinks, and make sure you check with who you will have to do: first, check it, then click it. Please call if in doubt, always use the Fraudehelpdesk.”
as Earlier reported NU.nl all of which is the number of reports of whatsappfraude and datingfraude in 2019 is not more prevalent.
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