ASAE warns of fraud through phone calls and messages to companies

Fraud involves asking for “a certain amount for payment of a false fine, through an entity and bank reference and with the threat of closure of the establishment”.

The Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) warns that fraud attempts have been made in recent days, through phone calls or messages sent to companies.

In a statement, ASAE says that in recent days “practices have been detected and reported that constitute attempted fraud, carried out by sending fraudulent messages, with an association to the bank 21800, and or through telephone contacts, in order to intimidate economic operators”.

According to the authority, in this attempted fraud “a certain amount was requested for payment of a false fine, through an entity and bank reference and with the threat of closure of the establishment”.

ASAE clarifies that “under no circumstances does it send messages to economic operators to pay fines”.

“All procedures are carried out through formal and legal channels, so economic operators should not respond to any request from supposed messages and/or calls received,” it explains.