#Online scam

A total of 15 complaints linked to online fraud involving a popular accommodation booking platform have been reported in recent days, the Cyprus Consumers Association said. Speaking to CNA, the association’...

Police are investigating a new case of online fraud after a 79-year-old man was conned out of €254,679 through a fake investment scheme. According to a report by the Larnaca CID, ...

More than €10,000 were stolen from the bank account of a citizen after receiving messages allegedly send by the national health scheme (Gesy), requesting him to update his online profile, police ...

Police have cautioned the public after complaints were made related to phone calls where perpetrators present themselves as operators working at Revolut. Such operators claim to be calling on behalf ...

A 78-year-old man in Paphos has reported losing more than €64,000 in an online fraud case, police said on Wednesday. According to the complaint filed with the Paphos CID’s financial ...

A 77-year-old has lost around €142,000 after “investing” in a scheme advertised online that turned out to be a scam, police reported on Friday. Following his registration with the scheme in ...

A 57-year-old woman got scammed online and ended up losing tens of thousands of euros. The woman reported to the Limassol police on Monday, that she found a website advertising ...

Police are investigating a new complaint for online fraud, after a woman in Paphos reported that she had been conned out of €15,000 after accepting a friendship request by a stranger ...

A new online tool is being rolled out to enable the public to assist in flagging suspicious online links, commissioner for communications and digital security authority (DSA) head George Michaelides, ...

The police on Saturday warned people to be wary of online scammers pretending to be social media influencer and member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou. They said the posts ...

By Robert Morgan Police on Friday are investigating an online fraud case, after a woman said she was scammed out of thousands of euros. The unknown persons told the woman, 56, ...

A company in Limassol on Wednesday fell victim to an online scam of over €16,000. According to a police report, an employee of the company disclosed that in December 2023, management entered ...

A contracting company based in Limassol fell victim of a new online fraud scheme and was scammed out of over fifty thousand euros. The company reported the incident on Tuesday ...

A company in Limassol lost €17,350 after falling victim to a financial scam carried out by individuals posing as the owners of a Saudi Arabian firm, it emerged on Tuesday. As ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating the latest case in a spate of online fraud. According to the police, on February 10 the 48-year-old victim replied to an online ad for a ...

Police in Nicosia are investigating a new case of fraud and embezzlement of a sum of over €80,000. According to a police statement a 73-year-old man filed a complaint on Sunday, ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating a new case of online fraud following a complaint from a businessman in Limassol. As reported by police, a 60-year-old company manager made a foreign ...

A 34-year-old from Limassol fell victim to an internet scam resulting in the loss of $4,628 €4,641) according to police. The victim had complained to police that he had made an online ...

Police issued another warning over a new internet fraud on Wednesday, citing the complaint of a 36-year-old man who was scammed out of over €17,000 by alleged car traders. The man ...

Police have issued a warning on Tuesday to alert the public to the growing trend of online romance scammers. In a document titled ‘What You Should Know About Romance Scams’, ...

A 35-year-old man in Limassol was conned out of over 50,000 euros in an online scam, police said on Sunday. The victim met a woman online in November 2021 who introduced herself ...

An alcohol importer in Limassol lost €35,391 after falling victim to an internet scam, police said on Wednesday. According to the police report, the 37-year-old owner of the company made a ...

Police have received a large number of complaints about suspicious password phishing messages on social media and especially on Instagram. Users receive a message, either electronically or via telephone, which ...

Police on Saturday called on members of the public not to trust people they meet online after a man from Limassol lost more than €108,000 after investing it in two cryptocurrency ...