Cifas data showcases phishing and bitcoin fraud on the rise

There has been an increase in fraudsters purporting to be from the World Health Organisation (WHO) e-mailing and texting the public asking them to donate money using bitcoin to their COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. 

The WHO does have a legitimate fund by this name, and impersonators are also using the fake address (donate@who.int) to make the fraud look more realistic. Cifas is warning potential donors not to send money by bitcoin and to never make donations by e-mail. Instead, payments should be made directly through the WHO website.