In recent days, many citizens have received messages that appear to have come from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cemeteries Department. These messages are actually part of a fraud attempt.
With new technologies, malicious people can also new fraud methods Even though they are improving, the mechanisms they use at their core do not change much: To appear trustworthy and then steal information. A frequently used method recently is to steal citizens’ information. municipal institutions imitate.
The name of the Cemeteries Department affiliated with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is used
In the method used by fraudsters, From Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cemeteries Department In a message that appears to have arrived:You have logged in with your e-Government Gateway password.A message is sent saying “”. Following the message, a link is given in case you haven’t done the action yourself.
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Contained in this message If you click on the link Fraudsters can access your information. Those who clicked on the link also need to change all their passwords. It is also very important for them to inform the operator of the line they use on their mobile devices. Thus, it is possible to prevent possible attacks and damages.
IMM published an announcement on the subject.
Sharing an announcement regarding the issue on the social media platform X, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality used the following statements:
It has been determined that this message, which appears to have come from our Cemeteries Department, was received on the phones of some of our citizens. We kindly request our citizens not to take any action regarding the message in question.
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The number of such attacks has increased recently. Attack methods are also becoming more sophisticated. The aim of most attacks is obtain personal information It looks like.