POLICE has arrested seven individuals from Sevilla for allegedly scamming corporations and freelancers utilizing the approach “man within the center”.

This system is described as a cyberattack the place scammers alter the communication between two individuals who consider that they’re instantly speaking with one another.

Policia Nacional has knowledgeable that they’ve scammed roughly €2 million by pretending to be the provider to assert the quantity owed from the consumer, redirected to a checking account apart from the standard one.

Police began to analyze after a widely known chain of perfumes with shops throughout Spain reported the rip-off of just about €200,000.

Within the police operation, officers have carried out searches in Coria del Rio, Los Palacios and Villafranca – they’ve seized laptop gear, eight cellphones, documentation and €2,000 in money.

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