Fraudulent e-mails are currently being circulated in the name of the debt collection agency Atradius.
The e-mail, sent to several businesses by a bailiff, demands payment of environmental tax and sewerage tax for 2024. It is supposedly a reminder.
Don't fall for it, it's a fraudulent message. Be careful, as the e-mail is particularly well crafted.
What should you look out for?
- Check the sender's e-mail address: info@sae-backoffice.com does not correspond to Atradius.
- The message emphasises the urgency of the matter, because if you don't pay within the deadline, additional charges will apply.
- The e-mail uses the address of a genuine bailiff in Antwerp, but the telephone number and e-mail address have been changed. Other versions of the e-mail are circulating in which the real Atradius address is used, apart from the e-mail address and telephone number.
- The email is addressed personally to your company.
All these elements make it particularly difficult to detect that this is a fraudulent e-mail.
- If you have never had any contact with this company or if you have any doubts, contact the company via the official channels.
- Taxes are generally payable via the roll warning.
- If you are contacted by a bailiff but have never received a request for payment before, this is not normal.
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Don't fall into the trap!
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What to do?
- Suspicious emails can be forwarded to suspicious@safeonweb.be.
- Suspicious text messages can also be forwarded. Take a screenshot and send it to suspicious@safeonweb.be. The content is then processed automatically.
Have you been scammed?
- If you have lost money or are being extorted, we recommend that you file a report with your local police straight away.
- Contact your bank and/or Card Stop on 078 170 170 (+32 78 170 170 from abroad) if you have passed on bank details, money is disappearing from your bank account or if you have transferred money to a scammer. In this way, any fraudulent transactions can be blocked.
