Note that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's phishing scams, the subject "[Important] Prevention and management of new colonovirus"

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Be careful of colonovirus -related fraud

　The Fishing Council has released information, saying that there was an email reporting to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare or guiding to a fishing site.The site is operating at 11:00 on August 13, so be careful.

　The subject of the confirmed phishing email is "[Important] Prevention and management of new colon virus".The text of the email is as follows, and it is guided to access the described URL to cooperate with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Coronavirus has occurred frequently recently, so please cooperate with us to register our current state to execute better epidemic -proof work and adjust the emergency support.

(Partially excerpt from the emergency information of the Fishing Countermeasures Council. Original Mama)

　The destination is "Ministry of Health and Welfare" and a website containing the character "勞" used in Chinese traditional characters.In addition to questions such as the presence or absence of symptoms related to corona virus, the current body temperature, vaccination history, etc., it is required to input personal information such as names and emergency contacts, upload photos that reflect the surface and back of the certificate.

　The following URLs of the induced phishing site have been confirmed.It is important to note that other similar domain names may be used.

　The Fishing Council pointed out that "phishing sites are often created by copying real sites, and it is very difficult to distinguish them."In addition, there is a possibility that a similar fishing site will be released, so when logging in to the service, not use email or SMS links, but to access from the official app or web browser bookmark.There is.

　The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has also warned the phishing emails on the theme of the new colon virus.Specifically, the Fivevernment agency's website is "the end of the domain name".Five.He calls for "JP" and does not upload a certificate photo of his name, emergency contact phone, vaccination status, and certificate photos.