Phone scammers pretending to be Cyta technicians

Phone scammers pretending to be Cyta technicians have been tricking users into installing malware and asking for credit card details, the telecommunications authority warned on Wednesday.

According to Cyta, subscribers have been receiving unexpected overseas calls from scammers acting on behalf of the company as technicians and offering help with safety issues.

Phone scammers speak in broken Greek or English and lead unsuspecting subscribers to a website which they have long-distance access to.

People are asked to activate a link which downloads malicious software on the computer and blocks all the software.

The phone scammers then ask for the person’s credit card details saying they need to pay a certain amount to unlock the computer.

Cyta advises the public not to reply to unknown international calls nor give out their personal or other data and to report such calls to their telecommunications provider.

For more information visit www.cyta.com.cy/press-releases.

 

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.