{"id":1397257,"date":"2022-03-23T21:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T01:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397257"},"modified":"2022-03-23T21:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T01:14:45","slug":"security-alert-how-to-recognize-scam-emails-claiming-to-raise-money-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-alert-how-to-recognize-scam-emails-claiming-to-raise-money-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Alert: How to Recognize Scam Emails Claiming to Raise Money for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecurity-alert-how-to-recognize-scam-emails-claiming-to-raise-money-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Scammers are reportedly attempting to take advantage of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine using fake fundraising emails to scam unsuspecting Europeans and Americans hoping to support charitable causes in the wartorn country. Donors are advised to manually type in the name of a charity instead of clicking links, and to check charities with watchdogs before donating.<\/p>\n<p>BBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-60836962\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the United Kingdom\u2019s national fraud reporting center, Action Fraud, has received almost 200 reports of fake fundraising emails.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20199884\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/women-children-Ukraine-Russia-war-hospital-corridor-floor-ap.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women and children sit on the floor of a corridor in a hospital in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine Friday, March 11, 2022. Mariupol has been under siege for over a week, with no electricity, gas or water. Repeated efforts to evacuate people from the city of 430,000 have fallen apart as humanitarian convoys come under shelling. (AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scammers are reportedly attempting to trick donors with fake charities, some of which are even selling charity T-shirts. Some even more brazen scammers are pretending to be heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, whose brother Vitali is the mayor of Ukraine\u2019s capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Action Fraud has listed a number of ways users can detect and avoid scams, their suggestions can be seen below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Never click on the links or attachments in suspicious emails or respond to unsolicited messages asking for personal or financial details \u2013 even if they are in the name of a charity<\/li>\n<li>To donate online, type in the address of the charity website rather than clicking on a link<\/li>\n<li>Be cautious when donating to an online fundraising page \u2013 fake ones are often badly written or contain spelling mistakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Action Fraud representative stated: \u201cThe links in the emails lead to malicious websites that are designed to steal your money and personal information. When donating, check the charity\u2019s name and registration number on the government\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8We&#8217;ve received 196 reports about FAKE emails purporting to raise money for those affected by the crisis in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>. Some of the emails even claim to be from Wladimir Klitschko <\/p>\n<p>\u2705Report suspicious emails by forwarding them to: report@phishing.gov.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CyberProtect?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CyberProtect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TnfPW1FQ9M\">pic.twitter.com\/TnfPW1FQ9M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Action Fraud (@actionfrauduk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/actionfrauduk\/status\/1506202334472327169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has also reportedly heard multiple reports of scammers using the Ukraine invasion as part of their scamming efforts.\u00a0\u201cThis is wholly deplorable and sadly typical of fraudsters who exploit current affairs to try to trick people,\u201d the NCSC said. \u201cPeople should be especially vigilant for any suspicious emails or texts that use topical events and report them to the NCSC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-60836962\">BBC News here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers are reportedly attempting to take advantage of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine using fake fundraising emails to scam unsuspecting Europeans and Americans hoping to support charitable causes in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}