{"id":1384,"date":"2026-07-03T18:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/?post_type=tudastar&#038;p=1384"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:07:19","slug":"beware-of-phishing-emails-pretending-to-be-from-the-police","status":"publish","type":"tudastar","link":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/tudastar\/beware-of-phishing-emails-pretending-to-be-from-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Phishing Emails Pretending to Be from the Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few days ago, I received an email that appeared to come from the police, with the subject <strong>&#8220;Police Platform Against Cybercrime&#8221;<\/strong>. I was suspicious, so I looked into it online before taking any action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would also like to warn you that if you receive an email from the following address, or a similar-looking email address, <strong>do not open it<\/strong>, as it belongs to the category of <strong>phishing emails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a>statspolitiet31@politiet.dk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do <strong>not<\/strong> click on any links and do <strong>not<\/strong> open any attachments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no official public list of all known phishing email addresses, because cybercriminals create thousands of new, random email addresses every minute. For this reason, maintaining a complete list is impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of looking for specific email addresses, phishing emails are best recognised by the patterns and domain names commonly used by cybercriminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common phishing email patterns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cybercriminals often impersonate well-known organisations by making small changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spelling mistakes in the organisation&#8217;s name, for example: <strong><a>statsplolitiet31@politiet.dk<\/a><\/strong> (an extra &#8220;l&#8221;), or variations such as <strong><a>belastingdienst-nl@outlook.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free email domains. Official companies and government organisations never send emails from <strong>@gmail.com<\/strong>, <strong>@outlook.com<\/strong>, <strong>@hotmail.com<\/strong> or <strong>@yahoo.com<\/strong> email addresses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Random combinations of letters and numbers, for example: <strong><a>info-service-update4829@customer-support-alert.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unusual country codes or domain extensions, such as <strong>.ru<\/strong> (Russia), <strong>.cn<\/strong> (China), <strong>.cc<\/strong> or <strong>.info<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which organisations are most commonly impersonated?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scammers most often pretend to represent organisations that almost everyone knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Banks: <strong>Rabobank<\/strong>, <strong>ING<\/strong>, <strong>ABN AMRO<\/strong> and <strong>ICS<\/strong> (credit cards).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parcel delivery companies: <strong>PostNL<\/strong>, <strong>DHL<\/strong> and <strong>UPS<\/strong>, often claiming that you need to pay a delivery fee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Government organisations: the <strong>Belastingdienst<\/strong> (Dutch Tax Administration), <strong>CJIB<\/strong> (traffic fines) or national and international police organisations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Streaming services and telecom providers: <strong>Netflix<\/strong>, <strong>Spotify<\/strong> and <strong>KPN<\/strong>, often claiming that a payment has failed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can you check whether an email is fake?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Check the part after the @ sign.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A genuine email from the Belastingdienst will always end with <strong>@belastingdienst.nl<\/strong>. Dutch government emails generally end with <strong>.nl<\/strong>, while foreign government organisations usually use <strong>.gov<\/strong> or their country&#8217;s official domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Check the link without clicking on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Move your mouse over the link (or press and hold it on your phone). The actual web address (URL) will appear. If it does not lead to the organisation&#8217;s official website, do not click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Pay attention to the tone of the message.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phishing emails often try to create panic by saying things like <strong>&#8220;Your account will be blocked within 24 hours&#8221;<\/strong> or by threatening legal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, I received an email that appeared to come from the police, with the subject &#8220;Police Platform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1383,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"knowledge-category":[46],"class_list":["post-1384","tudastar","type-tudastar","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledge-category-egyeb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tudastar\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tudastar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tudastar"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledge-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magyarkonyvelohaz.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-category?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}