Police recommend caution to the public as they say there has been a recent upsurge in online fraud and protection measures.
Specifically, the Police say that recently there has been an upsurge in complaints received by the Police regarding various forms of internet fraud and that a large number of complaints have recently been received by Nicosia CID, which may involve interference with electronic communication between supplier and customer and fraudulent instructions to process payment to a bank account of the fraudsters.
In these cases the party making the payment receives an email from an email address that is slightly spoofed (possibly with a letter or even a dot or a dash), resembling the email address of the supplier or its partner, with instructions for
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