The Policía Nacional Civil (PNC), together with the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), informed that they carried out an operation in different points of the municipality of Soyapango, which resulted in the capture of several individuals accused of the crime of computer fraud.

According to the authorities, the subjects had committed computer fraud involving credit cards and savings accounts of several salvadoran users.

In the procedure, computers, USB and national and international credit cards were seized.

The investigations began at the end of 2019, due to different complaints by the victims, after they extracted money from different banking institutions, report the authorities of the FGR.

salvadorans who wish to make a financial transaction, it is better to approach the bank offices, do not provide personal information via email, calls, text messages, WhatsApp or messenger messages.

In addition, you can take into account the following recommendations:

Do not enter personal data on sites using links that arrive via email as they could be fraudulent. Be especially careful with suspicious links and always make sure you are on the legitimate page before entering login information.

Use strong passwords mixing uppercase, lowercase and numbers. They need to be easy to remember but difficult for others to guess.

Do not use the same password for different applications, accounts, platforms or sites.

Do not use public or third-party equipment to access applications, social networks or personal accounts.

Always take a minute before acting. Those who carry out this type of scams appeal to emotions, carelessness and urgencies.

Never go to an ATM, open the app or access home banking when receiving a call supposedly from the bank. The customer should be the one who originated the call.