Peterborough Police Warn Public of Surfacing Phishing Email Scam
/The Peterborough Police Service has issued a warning to residents about a phishing scam in an attempt to take money from victims, reported on Friday.
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Over the past week, several reports have been filed to the Police where the victim receives an email indicating someone has been watching their online activity and threatens to send that information to their contacts. The victim is provided with an amount of money to pay to stop the release of information and a cryptocurrency account to deposit it.
Anyone who receives such an email can report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre or the Peterborough Police Service through the online reporting portal.
In phishing scams, thousands of emails are sent out and the fraudsters involved then wait for someone to take the bait and respond or just follow the instructions and send money.
If you don’t know where an email is from or you are not expecting an email, do not open it and do not click on any links within the email.
If you have any doubts about the email and request delete it.
Report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca and/or your local police service
