#scam

A fake news scam which has circulated on social media in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail and Cypriot businessman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. The website, hosted at “limass....

The police have issued an urgent warning over a surge in fraudulent messages circulating on social media and mobile phones, falsely claiming recipients owe money for traffic violations. Authorities say ...

Police are urging the public to remain alert following the emergence of a new phone scam targeting citizens across the country. The electronic crime sub-directorate has issued a warning about ...

The police have issued a warning about yet another scam, this time about scammers posing as the Cyprus Post and calling on people to pay postal fees. The scammers inform ...

Italian police have found and frozen nearly one million euros that was wired to a foreign bank account by a leading businessman after he fell victim to an artificial intelligence ...

Larnaca municipality issued a warning on Friday about scammers impersonating the municipality to obtain personal information and money. “Fraud incidents have been reported in which scammers send messages via mobile ...

The bank association warned on Monday that there is an increase in online fraud attempts during festive periods, which are accompanied by increased commercial activity, both in physical stores and ...

Police on Friday warned people to be wary of a new scam on WhatsApp. They said the scam involved people being called by scammers who claim to be police officers. ...

As part of an investigation into an alleged sham marriage case, police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday. A police statement released on Tuesday said that the man was taken ...

The police on Sunday warned people to not fall victim to online scams after a tyre shop owner lost more than €13,000 when he bought tyres on the internet which turned ...

A fake news scam which has circulated on Facebook in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail in an attempt to lure people in to an investment scam. The ...

By Robert Morgan Beware of fraudulent e-mails from sender “Service EMS official” and [email protected], the postal service warned on Friday. The fraudulent messages falsely claim to be related ...

A 61-year-old man who scammed someone out of €63,000 was charged in writing and then released, police said on Wednesday. The man allegedly took the money from a 60-year-old man under ...

A 60-year-old Limassol resident has lost €55,000 in an online scam, police said on Tuesday. According to the police report, the man made a complaint to Limassol CID that between 2020 and 2021, ...

A 61-year-old was remanded by the Famagusta District Court for five days, on suspicion of scamming another individual out of thousands of euros, authorities said on Saturday. The 61-year-old claimed ...

Police cautioned the public on Sunday to be wary about the fake emails from the justice ministry. According to police, they have received a several complaints over the past few ...

A company in Limassol has fallen victim to online cheats operating out of Chile by ordering meat and losing thousands of euro, the police said on Saturday. The case is ...

A 42-year-old woman from Limassol informed police on Friday she had fallen victim to a cryptocurrency scam and lost a total of €19,200. The woman said she had been contacted online ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned on Tuesday of a recent surge in the sending of false and malicious messages to mobile phones, using the name and logo of national ...

Police are searching for a 31-year-old man after reports that €53,000 has been stolen from various individuals who claim to have been cheated by a person claiming to be a vehicle ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of scamming a woman out of almost 20,000 worth of jewellery and cash last week. The 55-year-old man is the second suspect arrested ...

Police in Limassol are investigating a case of potential online fraud and embezzlement following a complaint from a 42-year-old man on Monday who tried to invest more than €30,000 in cryptocurrency. ...

The postal services on Monday warned of a new attempt to defraud the public with text messages using name of the ‘Cyprus Post Office’. The department said that recipients are ...

Police on Tuesday warned of yet another scam they had unfolded after a Paphos kiosk was roped out of €700 from a fake PaySafe prepaid card rep. According to a police ...