Online fraud results in EUR 14m damage this year

Ljubljana, 9 November - Some 790 cases of online fraud have been reported to police this year with total damage of nearly EUR 14 million, as this type of crime is on the rise in Slovenia, especially since the start of the Covid pandemic, said experts discussing the issue at an event on Wednesday, calling for preventive action - checking the sender, link and attachment.

Ljubljana David Gracer from the criminal police at the General Police Department, at an event on online fraud organised by the Slovenian Bank Association. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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David Gracer from the criminal police at the General Police Department, at an event on online fraud organised by the Slovenian Bank Association.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Gorazd Božič, head of the SI-CERT National Cyber Security Response Centre, at an event on online fraud organised by the Slovenian Bank Association. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Gorazd Božič, head of the SI-CERT National Cyber Security Response Centre, at an event on online fraud organised by the Slovenian Bank Association.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Jasmina Mesić, coordinator of the national awareness-raising programme Safe on the Internet, at an event on online fraud organised by the Slovenian Bank Association. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Jasmina Mesić, coordinator of the national awareness-raising programme Safe on the Internet, at an event on online fraud organised by the Slovenian Bank Association.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Stanislava Zadravec Caprirolo, director of the Slovenian Bank Association, at an event on online fraud organised by the association. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Stanislava Zadravec Caprirolo, director of the Slovenian Bank Association, at an event on online fraud organised by the association.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Online fraud discussed at an event organised by the Slovenian Bank Association. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Online fraud discussed at an event organised by the Slovenian Bank Association.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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