"Citizens will receive a fine of NIS 750 at the discretion of the police officer": The Israeli police warn of a message circulating in the last day on WhatsApp in order to cause panic • "The public is asked to be updated about the restrictions in the media" • This is how Pike News will identify
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last day, a false message has been circulated on social media, Pike News, which pretends to be a message from the Israel Police.
Among other things, it states that "it has been decided to tighten the closure" and "it is possible to stock up on food until 19:00."
Today (Wednesday) the Israel Police issued a warning on the subject.
"According to emergency regulations, stopping the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. As of today, 22/09/2020, it has been decided to tighten the closure," reads a message that reached thousands of Israelis on WhatsApp
(errors originally)
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"Any citizen who is outside the city after 19:00 is living according to (registered identity card) will receive without any warning a fine of NIS 500 or NIS 750 at the discretion of the police officer / Officer Food supply is given only within the city limits. .
The same cybercriminals apparently work through apps that allow the messages to be sent to a large number of contacts without revealing their number, and are based on real messages that have come out in the past - and change the text accordingly.
How will you recognize that this is Pike News?
In the current announcement, you can see that it says in the headline "Spokeswoman of the Israel Police", and this is the first thing that should light a red light for you.
Messages from the Israel Police will only be published in the media and will not be sent by message to citizens.
In addition, pay attention to the wording of the message, since even in this case the text is worded in a sloppy way, and seems to have been sloppily prepared in poor Hebrew with spelling errors.
The Israel Police stated that "the public is asked to be updated about the restrictions and relevant information only in publications made by the competent authorities, including by the police in the various digital channels and the media. In order to avoid misleading the public. "