2023-08-08 13:05:37
The crooks, who pretend to be a general administrator of the SPF Finances, claim a late tax from you (often in the amount of 1,290 or 1,790 euros) under penalty of financial penalties, or even legal measures.
”This e-mail seems authentic, because the scammers give you the choice of settling your alleged debt by bank transfer to a real account of the FPS Finances (!) or via a bitcoin account, obviously fraudulent. And they encourage their readers to opt for the second solution by dangling them a reduction of 30%”, indicates the Federal Public Service. “Nothing might be further from the truth! This is indeed a phishing attempt. Please do not respond to this e-mail. Of course, we refund payments received on our account.”
For the moment, this phishing e-mail only seems to be circulating in Dutch.
Scams of all kinds abound on the internet, by SMS or by email: how to spot a fraudulent message?
How to recognize a fraud attempt? Here is the advice of the FPS Finances
The official extensions of our e-mail addresses are @minfin.fed.be and @mailing.minfin.fed.be. If the sender of the e-mail does not use this extension or uses a similar extension (example: @minfin.fgov.be, @minfin-fed.org, etc.): this is an attempt of phishing. Attention ! If the sender of the e-mail uses one of these two official extensions, this does not always guarantee the veracity of the e-mail! Always check the other signs of fraud below. You are asked to provide confidential banking data or information related to the use of your online bank (digipass…). The news is too good to be true or is completely unexpected. You receive a message suddenly telling you that you are going to be reimbursed for a certain Rising. He you are asked to pay a debt when you have no idea what it is.The request is urgent, pressing: keep your cool and take the time to analyze the request.The account bank to which you are asked to make a payment is not an FPS Finances bank account. There are only a limited number of ways to make a payment to the FPS Finances: You use MyMinfin (link is external). You pay the amount into an official account. This always has the following structure: BEXX 6792 XXXX XXXX. You go to one of our offices to make the payment. The message contains a lot of spelling and language mistakes. The person talking to you on the phone is insistent and threatening for you to make an urgent payment. You receive an e-mail, a text or whatsapp message from a bailiff’s office asking you to settle a debt on our behalf. We collaborate with bailiffs but they do not send official documents by e-mail. More advice on fraud attempts from bogus bailiffs.
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