#scam

Cybercrime police on Friday warned the public about messages that attempt to intercept user’s login credentials on social media, especially on Instagram. Specifically, users receive a message from a ...

A 77-year-old man in Limassol fell victim to a fraud, known as vishing, when an unknown person called him over the phone pretending to be an employee of a bank ...

Scammers are advertising and booking holiday homes in Cyprus which they pretend to own, police warned, citing complaints. Several people have complained to the police about online fraud concerning the ...

Police on Thursday warned the public to beware of online fraud as they investigate a complaint by a 49-year-old man that he had been defrauded out of €44,500 he believed was ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public of a new email scam that uses the force’s logo and asks users to pay alleged fines. Several people have recently complained they ...

Police on Wednesday urged the public to be on alert following a spate of complaints of misleading messages claiming to be from banks seeking to obtain personal information. In an ...

Two women were re-remanded for eight days on Sunday after the number of people they allegedly scammed rose to 49, police said. Last month Limassol police arrested a 30-year-old and a 41...

Up to €157,000 was withdrawn by unknown people from a company based in Limassol, using a similar e-mail to the owner and giving an order for the payment of invoices, police ...

A 48-year-old man has been arrested for scamming a Limassol hotel and leaving €2,770 worth of unpaid bills in March, police said on Friday. The photo and details of the suspect ...

Police on Wednesday warned of a new SMS scam where criminals pretend to represent transport, shipping and receiving companies. The fake text messages allegedly from courier companies inform people of ...

A pensioner has lost thousands after a woman tricked her out of €14,000 to help with the sale of property, head of Paphos CID Michalis Nikolaou said on Monday. The 72-year-old ...

A teenager was arrested as the fourth suspect in cases where scammers posed as doctors to extort money from people, police said on Friday. The new arrest concerns a 19-year-old ...

Police are advising the public to be aware of swindlers who, pretending to be doctors, contact people and demand money in exchange for services. In a statement, the police said ...

Police on Wednesday warned the public to be on alert following a recent incident where money was found to be missing after a woman was allowed into a home to ...

A woman in Limassol has filed a complaint with police that she was the victim of an alleged online scam after €27,129 was stolen from her bank account. The woman told ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of impersonating a doctor and obtaining money under false pretenses. The 34-year-old is suspected of being connected with at least two cases ...

A 75-year-old woman was duped into giving €7,000 to a man who claimed a relative of hers needed urgent surgery, the second victim of such a scam in the past few ...

Paphos police are warning of a new scam after a 73-year-old woman reported that she had given €10,000 to a man who had telephoned claiming to be a hospital director so ...

The Cyprus Post on Friday warned that fake messages asking for payment of custom duties are being sent to the public by email. “Cyprus Post has no involvement and urge ...

Police on Friday reiterated their public warning over a telephone scam following reports that scammers pretend to be Microsoft operators to access people’s computers and their bank account information. ...

Limassol police are investigating the theft of €15,000 from a woman’s bank account through an online scam. Police said the complainant told them that a woman speaking English called the ...

Telephony providers Primetel are advising subscribers to exercise caution with an ongoing phone scam with calls made from unknown numbers, particularly overseas numbers. In a press release, the company said ...

Paphos police are investigating after a 49-year-old man said he lost €28,000 to an online scam. The complainant and his business partners deposited the money in a bank in Spain with ...

Hellenic Bank on Tuesday warned clients about an upsurge in electronic fraud and urged them not to share any of their details. In an announcement, the bank said that in ...