The Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) warned about a scam through a false email from the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) in which victims are told that they are being investigated for sexual crimes and are asked for a "friendly settlement." " of one and a half million pesos. The warning was issued by Diego Luciani, in charge of the Attorney General's Office 1 before the Federal Oral Courts of Buenos Aires, and by Attorney General Horacio Azzolin, of the Specialized Fiscal Unit in Cybercrime (Ufeci). In a statement released on the institutional site, the MPF announced the existence of a fraudulent text that contains the PFA logo and is headed by non-existent divisions of the force, such as the "General Directorate of the Argentine Federal Police" and the "Central Office for Fighting Crime in the Field of Information and Communication Technologies". The email states that prosecutor Luciani is in charge of a preliminary investigation and then cites non-existent articles of the National Penal Code, as well as a "Code of Criminal Procedure." According to the text of the email, a data leak allowed the investigation to be initiated against the recipient, who it is stated "has committed or attempted to commit the crime of disorder; child pornography; pedophilia; exhibitionism; and cyberpornography" (sic). "You have committed or attempted to commit a crime after watching a video containing child pornography on the Internet (classified ads site). The photos/videos of naked minors have been recorded by the cyber police and constitute evidence of this crime," it warns. the email. The sender then argues that he sent the email "for confidentiality reasons" and asks the recipient to "report your case by email so that it can be investigated and verified with a view to the imposition of sanctions, and to do so within a period of time." strict 48 hours". In this way, the MPF points out that scammers want victims to panic and, when answering the email, provide personal information, such as ID, bank accounts, passwords or numbers.