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Frauds with telephone numbers have become alarmingly increasing in Portugal and other European countries. This type of crime has doubled in recent years, representing a growing risk...
In view of the increase in cyber-stafas through calls and text messages, the authorities have reinforced alerts to prevent the population of these criminal forms. Dr. Yanina Orozco, provincial prosecutor specializing in cyber-crime in Lima Centro, recently explained to RPP the most common tactics used by scammers to obtain personal and banking information.In many cases, criminals execute calls posing as employees of banks or airlines, promising …
Portugal: Phone number 'spoofing' more than doubles in 2025 - regulator
Anacom reports that complaints about phone number hijacking associated with fraudulent calls and messages have more than doubled this year and is calling for changes to the law to stop these practices. Lusa contacted the electronic communications regulator, and an official source revealed that in 2025 so far, the regulator has received around 70 complaints about these practices, “more than double those received during 2024 (around 30)”, adding t…
In the first half of the year, only the PSP counted more than 110 cases of fraud related to false inventions compared to the same period last year. The Deco Proteste draws attention to the fact that many of these frauds occur in digital platforms.
Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. Robbollamadas: the new trap with an artificial voice that can steal your identity An increasing phenomenon concerns digital security experts: theft calls. These automated calls use artificial intelligence to imitate human voices and even those of your family members, in order to trick you and get personal data. Some ask you to confirm your identity by saying “y…
Telephone scams are becoming more and more common in Spain, due to the rise in technology and the inability of a large percentage of the population to react in the right way to avoid these deceptions. The OCU appears to send an urgent warning because the scammers pretend to be representatives of telephone companies, commercial companies, when in reality they are only criminals. The scam is to take out money, it has a modus operandi fixed, changi…
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