Police are investigating an online fraud case after scammers obtained €93,200 from a Nicosia company through email deception.
The complaint was filed Friday with Nicosia CID by a company representative.
According to police, the company received an email on Jan. 21 that appeared to come from a partner firm, instructing it to settle an invoice to a specific bank account. On March 3, the company received a second message from an address resembling the partner’s email, requesting the same payment but to a different account.
The company transferred €93,200 to the new account, held at a bank in another European country. It was later determined that the March 3 email had been sent by fraudsters.
Police urged businesses to verify payment instructions by phone before processing invoices, using contact numbers previously confirmed or included in authentic past correspondence.