The information from the Swedish Public Health Agency and the Swedish Agency for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning will be sent out in connection with Monday's new national council, the government announced on Friday.

At the same time, there is a risk that fraudsters will take advantage of the opportunity and send fake text messages to deceive people, according to Jan Olsson, crime commissioner at the police's national fraud center.

- We have seen that fraudsters use the pandemic and people's thirst for information, he says.

This is something that is also visible in the statistics.

So far this year, reports of fraud via the internet, so-called phishing, have increased by more than 700 percent compared to last year, according to Olsson.

"Easy to be hindsight"

The fraud expert says that it is difficult to assess how great the risk is that the statistics will increase further on Monday, but according to Olsson, fraudsters may have been inspired by the idea of ​​a mass mailing, as the government announced the increase in advance.

- This is very bumpy and it's easy to be hindsight, everything good you do can be used for something negative.

The problem is if people expect a text message and there is also one that is fake, then it is not good.

- But I would still say that the risks are small and the benefits of the information are great.

The message in MSB's and FHM's text messages will be short and concise, without any clickable links.

This indicates that the authorities have done their homework to reduce the risk of fraud, according to Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder, head of security at the Internet Foundation.

- I have a hard time imagining what you could do more to reduce the risk.

We have seen many attempts at fraud in the wake of the pandemic, but I do not think this changes the risk picture, she says.

Advice: Do not click on links

According to Eklund Löwinder, there are also advantages in the government announcing in advance that the message will be sent out.

- It can reduce anxiety.

We humans do not like surprises.

The text message will have "MSB and FHM" as the sender, but in general you should still be suspicious when you receive text messages from authorities, advises Jan Olsson.

- Check what information is available on their regular websites and do not click on any links, he says.