Several Orange customers are now the targets of fraud attempts through messages from fake email addresses, through which people receive notifications of unpaid bills and request access to certain malicious links that point to a fake website, the company warned on Tuesday. .

What a fake Orange message looks like

Several Orange customers recently received a wave of fake e-mails with the subject line: “Orange Romania unpaid invoice notice”.

The messages lie to people that they have an unpaid bill and offer to follow a link to resolve the issue.

This is a new phishing attack, a cybercrime that can lead to identity theft or financial loss.

Orange: Do not click on these malicious links. The message is not from us

At the request of HotNews.roOrange representatives have confirmed that there are several customers who have received such fake messages, which do not belong to the company and are designed to encourage users to access malicious links.

• “Currently, there are situations when some Orange customers receive messages from different e-mail addresses, which appear to be sent from official Orange addresses due to the impersonation process.
• These messages contain warnings and links with various wording (such as unsubscribe) that may mislead the recipient into accessing malicious links.
• Clicking on this link opens a fake site that does not belong to Orange.
• We advise customers NOT to follow any links in these emails and, at the same time, inform them that the addresses from which the emails are coming do not belong to Orange.
• Orange does not ask its customers by e-mail, text message, letter, phone call or in any other way for information about bank accounts, personal passwords, PIN codes or top-up codes. This information is strictly confidential and must not be disclosed, otherwise the sender bears full responsibility.”, Officials of Orange Romania announced this to HotNews.ro on Tuesday.

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