A foreign group that was defrauding Albanian citizens through fake Albanian Post websites is busted. Two 
citizens are arrested. 17 phones, 1 laptop, 12 passports, 11 bank cards, 7 identity cards, 1 driver's license and amounts of money in various currencies are seized.
The Cybercrime Investigation Directorate, in cooperation with the Operational Directorate of the State Police and under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Tirana Judicial District Court, following reports received from citizens about the sending of fraudulent SMS messages that imitated the official website of the Albanian Post, with the aim of obtaining the personal and banking data of users, successfully finalized the police operation codenamed "Fake Mail", with the objective of identifying the perpetrators and fully documenting the criminal activity.
As a result of in-depth investigative and technical actions, citizens CF and HY were identified and arrested.
Investigations have shown that these citizens had entered the territory of the Republic of Albania on Oct 27, 2025 and had created a website identical to that of the Albanian Post Office, to deceive citizens and collect personal and banking data.
During the search of the premises where they were staying, 17 phones, 1 laptop, 12 passports, 11 bank cards, 7 identity cards, 1 driver's license and sums of money in various currencies were found and seized as material evidence.
The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the Tirana Judicial District Court, for the criminal offenses of "Computer Fraud", "Interference with Computer Data" and "Computer Forgery".
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citizens are arrested. 17 phones, 1 laptop, 12 passports, 11 bank cards, 7 identity cards, 1 driver's license and amounts of money in various currencies are seized.
The Cybercrime Investigation Directorate, in cooperation with the Operational Directorate of the State Police and under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Tirana Judicial District Court, following reports received from citizens about the sending of fraudulent SMS messages that imitated the official website of the Albanian Post, with the aim of obtaining the personal and banking data of users, successfully finalized the police operation codenamed "Fake Mail", with the objective of identifying the perpetrators and fully documenting the criminal activity.
As a result of in-depth investigative and technical actions, citizens CF and HY were identified and arrested.
Investigations have shown that these citizens had entered the territory of the Republic of Albania on Oct 27, 2025 and had created a website identical to that of the Albanian Post Office, to deceive citizens and collect personal and banking data.
During the search of the premises where they were staying, 17 phones, 1 laptop, 12 passports, 11 bank cards, 7 identity cards, 1 driver's license and sums of money in various currencies were found and seized as material evidence.
The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the Tirana Judicial District Court, for the criminal offenses of "Computer Fraud", "Interference with Computer Data" and "Computer Forgery".
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