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Last week, attentive internet users sent no less than 123,595 suspicious messages to suspicious@safeonweb.be. That is 25% more than the average number per week over the past 3 months. That is good news, because all these people did not fall into…
In recent days, we have received several reports of people receiving a suspicious e-mail that seems to come from the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). Allegedly, a 'cyber criminal' file has been opened in your name and you are urged to…
Waiting for a parcel? Watch out for fake e-mails that seem to come from bpost. The message asks you to pay 'remaining shipping costs', but it is fake. The message was sent from norepley@livio.com, which is in no way a bpost e-mail address.
…For 2 weeks now, we have been inundated with false fines that seem to come from the Dutch central government. The message circulates in the Netherlands and Belgium but it is false. Please forward it to suspicious@safeonweb.be and remove it.
Staying connected on holiday with our family and friends is, at first sight, the most normal thing in the world and asking for the Wifi key in the places we go to has become almost instinctive...
However, beware of unpleasant surprises:…
There are again many suspicious messages circulating that appear to come from itsme® with the subject "Online identificeren voor bestaande klanten" or "Herstel onmiddelijk uw lts-ID rekening". The message urges you to identify yourself online. …
Recently, we have been receiving more reports of so-called robocalls. A robocall is an automatically generated telephone call. If you are called by a robocall, you will hear a pre-recorded message or a robotic voice. You will be asked to dial a…
Last week we received more than 5500 reports of fake messages that seem to come from the Federal Pensions Service. There are several versions of the fake message circulating, all trying to lead you to a fake website. You can quickly see that the…
Recently we have seen an increase in cryptocurrency investment fraud in new forms.
In most cases, (fake) links are placed in sponsored content on Youtube / Instagram (imitating the logo of well-known banking institutions or invoking the…