What 'online' crimes are included in the Penal Code How to report an 'online' scam step by step National Police Civil Guard National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE) Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD)
Have you ever been involved as victims in an Internet scam? In this article we are going to tell you how to report a scam online if it has been. It is important to make the report so that the law is complied with and these crimes go less every day, as well as taking screenshots of everything possible in order to document it even better..
What 'online' crimes are included in the Penal Code
Article 248 of this code of law establishes that the following acts are considered scams:
- Those who commit fraud, for profit, use deception enough to cause error in another , inducing him to carry out an act of disposition to his own detriment or to the detriment of others.
- The following are also considered defendants:
- a) Those who, for profit and using any computer manipulation or similar device, obtain a non-consensual transfer of any patrimonial asset to the detriment of another.
- b) Those who manufacture, introduce, possess or facilitate computer programs specifically intended for the commission of the scams provided for in this article.
- c) Those who, using credit or debit cards, or traveler's checks, or the data contained in any of them, carry out operations of any kind to the detriment of the owner or a third party.
How to report an 'online' scam step by step
At the moment in which we are victims of a deception of this type, we must report it through the usual procedures . These are:
National Police
Through the Central Brigade for Technological Research, criminal acts discovered on the Internet can be reported, and not only scams, but also those related to child pornography, piracy, extortion or data theft.
Civil Guard
Through La Benemérita we can also report cyber crimes, whether they are frauds such as those we have previously described. This is done in an anonymous form that can be found on their website..
National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE)
If we are victims of an online crime , the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) has a telephone line through which we can get in touch from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every day of the year. We can also contact this body through its mailbox at the Security Incident Response Center at [email protected].
Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD)
If the crime is related to an infringement of the data protection regulations, a claim can be filed at the Electronic Office of the AEPD..
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