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Scamdemic – a price of lockdown
During the COVID-19 crisis we have received many more reports of, and questions about, cybercrime in its many guises. The advice is largely the same in all cases – for instance, e-mails from an unknown source should be carefully checked and company procedures followed prior to opening. However, Members are asking us who suspicious messages should be reported to? The UK has established the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and it is to this agency that such suspicious messages should be reported. As of 31 August, a total of 7,250,000 suspicious messages have been reported, with the removal of 59,000 scams and 112,000 Unique Reference Locators (URLs). The correct address to report all scam e-mails to is report@phishing.gov.uk It is emphasised that you should not report a suspected crime to the NCSC. If you think you may have been a victim of fraud or cybercrime, you should report it to: • Action Fraud if you live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, www.actionfraud.police.uk, or call 0300 123 2040.
• Police Scotland if you live in Scotland – call 101. After reporting a suspicious communication, the NCSC acknowledges its receipt providing generic information on how the matter will be dealt with. We have been informed by parties who had been receiving scam e-mails that after the matter has been reported to the NCSC, there
is a noticeable reduction in such messages. The perpetrators sending such emails rely on the fact that many recipients simply do not know what course of remedial action to take. By reporting spam emails, etc, to the NCSC, it gives it the opportunity to investigate and at least disrupt the flow of such malicious e-mails.
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