The gendarmerie of the Pyrénées-Orientales launches the alert, it has been recording for several days a increase in fraudulent emails, a scam that particularly affects seniors.
In this scam technique, the Internet user receives an email which appears to come from the gendarmerie, with logos of the Ministry of the Interior and Europol. The email makes the recipient believe that it is sued for having consulted child pornography sites.
A blackmail technique that encourages the Internet user to reply to the email, he then risks being hacked.
The gendarmerie calls for vigilance, and in case of doubt, it insists: do not answer or forward the email, on the other hand, it is necessary to block the sender and report email on the platform PHAROS.