Police registers two cases against use of email-spoofing

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 1, 2020

The state police on Friday registered two separate cases against unidentified fraudsters for using emails from spoofed address to forged the designation of senior government officers.  

Assitant Inspector General of Police (A) GK Iangrai in a statement said that emails from spoofed address forging the designation of senior government officials are being sent to subordinate officers requesting them to purchase online gift vouchers or gift cards.

He said two such forged email ids have been found to be sending emails from spoofed address such as [email protected] and [email protected]

“In this regard, two separate cases have been registered at Cyber Crime police station and investigation of the cases are on,” Iangrai said.

Meanwhile, the state police also requested the public that in case they received such spoof emails, they should immediately report the same to [email protected] or contact 0364-2504001 (Cyber Crime Assistance Cell).

“Senior government officials are also requested to kindly brief their junior officers and staff, so as to verify the authenticity of such emails before responding or clicking the links/url attached with these emails,” the AIGP said.