Beware of emails prompting you to download “fake apps” dressed in the Japan Meteorological Agency! Nov 7 6:16

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Suspicious email information that attempts to download fake apps related to earthquakes and tsunamis pretending to be the Japan Meteorological Agency, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling attention as `` the app is not distributed and no email is sent '' .

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, multiple inquiries have been received from the 6th on the 6th.

The fake e-mail is written in a style resembling the press release of the Japan Meteorological Agency, “I developed an app that delivers tsunami and earthquake information quickly”, and a link to download the app is affixed.

However, in reality, the Japan Meteorological Agency does not distribute such apps, and it does not send an email to download an app to an unspecified number of people.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, specific damage information has not been received so far, but it is possible that personal information could be stolen or financially damaged due to infection by a malicious program. Calls to avoid accessing suspicious links.

In the unlikely event of damage, we want the police to report it.