Wednesday 1 February 2017, Poradnik bezpieczeństwa

False e-mails, sender who impersonated the post office

Lost24

Do you remember our article concerning stealing money from bank accounts? 


We mentioned that the most popular method of hackers to steal money from accounts is sending to the mail address of bank client false information e.g. information about blocking the  account and in order to unblock it, it  will be sufficient to click the link and log on. By logging onto the false website of the bank the client unknowingly shares his login name and password. 


Recently one of partners of the lost24 portal has received an e-mail message from the sender who impersonated the Polish post office. The -mail included information about the unclaimed parcel. The sender threatens that if we do not collect the parcel from the post office we will have to pay a fine for every day of the delay. 


Polish Post informs that signals about false e-mails are getting more and more frequent. Frequently, the attachment contains malware or, exactly the same as in our message, the link to a false website which tries to extort our personal details, but also downloads the unidentified file to our computer. 


We appeal for carefulness. If you get a similar message, delete it at once.