A new telephone scam aimed at obtaining personal banking information and stealing money from victims’ accounts has been reported in Madeira. This time, the fraudsters are posing as Santander employees and can even make the bank’s official telephone number appear on the recipient’s screen. A JM reader said he received…
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Portugal’s Judiciary Police (PJ) have issued an important warning about the risks of communicating with strangers online, particularly criminals who use intimate images or videos to blackmail and extort their victims. Under the campaign slogan “VOLTE-FACE online is fierce and real,” the PJ warned that an apparently harmless social media…
The Public Security Police (PSP) has once again alerted the population to the increase in scams associated with the MB Way application, stressing that this type of scheme continues to defraud citizens throughout the national territory. In a post made on social networks, the authority explains that the method used…
A new scam is circulating via SMS in Madeira, resembling the already known ‘Hello mom, hello dad’ scam. This time, several Madeirans have received the following message: “Mom, I dropped my cell phone and it stopped working. I’m using a temporary number. Send me a message on WhatsApp.” This is…