Spam emails in which the sender falsely claims to be the Police Department of Montenegro remain current; do not respond to such emails – delete the email and block the sender's address

The Police Department once again warns the public about the appearance of fraudulent emails (spam emails) that were active last week and are still present today, in which messages of false and misleading content are sent to recipients' email addresses, including some media outlets. The sender falsely presents themselves as the Police Department of Montenegro. Attached is a forged PDF document with purported headers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Police Department (Podgorica), and the Europol logo, with reference number 05-332/25-4540/6, regarding 'Initiation of a court procedure.' The suspicious PDF falsely states that a legal action is being initiated against the recipient for a supposed criminal offense related to child pornography, citing Article 211 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro. The sender demands the recipient send an explanation to an email address falsely claimed to belong to the Police (pjpodgorica.rukovodilac@post.com), threatening to report the case to the competent judicial authorities if they do not comply. The Police Department urges legal and natural persons who receive this or similar emails to exercise additional caution and responsible behavior in the digital space, and informs recipients not to respond to such messages or open attachments, which may contain malicious content. We remind that this is not the first time that the name and visual identity of government bodies and financial entities are misused in attempts to deceive citizens and other users of electronic communication.