17/10/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 17 October, the European police office, Europol, and the European Banking Federation launched a campaign to raise awareness of cyber-scams. “Raising awareness among the general public on how to identify such deceiving techniques will keep both themselves and their finances safe online”, they state in a press release. The two organisations plan to provide information about the seven most common online scams, such as fraudulent invoices and scams involving false identities by people claiming to be the CEO of a company or wishing to become romantically involved. The actions will involve the law enforcement services of the 28 member states of the EU plus Colombia, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Ukraine as well as 24 national banking associations and banks, in the framework of European Cyber Security Month. (MF)