The Sentinel

Lost money to an online scam in Spain? Here is exactly how to report it to the Policia Nacional or Guardia Civil, call INCIBE on 017, and claim a refund under PSD2.

A victim-facing guide to reporting cybercrime and voice phishing in South Korea: emergency numbers (112, 118, 1332), the police ECRM online report system, and how the bank account payment-suspension and refund process actually works for telecom financial fraud.

A practical, victim-facing guide to reporting online fraud and cybercrime in Saudi Arabia: the Kollona Amn app, emergency numbers, your bank, SAMA consumer protection, and the honest truth about getting your money back.

A step-by-step guide to reporting online fraud and cybercrime in Poland: the 112 emergency line, the Police and gov.pl crime-report route, CERT Polska's incydent.cert.pl form and the free 8080 SMS shortcode, plus how the PSD2 unauthorised-payment refund and the Financial Ombudsman dispute route actually work.

A practical, victim-facing guide to reporting online fraud and cybercrime in Mexico: call 911 in danger, report to the Guardia Nacional Policia Cibernetica (CERT-MX) on 088, freeze your accounts, and dispute unauthorised charges through your bank and CONDUSEF.

A practical guide to reporting online fraud in Italy: the 112 emergency line, the Polizia Postale online portal, calling your bank, your PSD2 refund rights, and the Arbitro Bancario Finanziario for refused refunds.

A practical, victim-facing guide to reporting online fraud and cybercrime in Egypt: the police emergency line 122, the Ministry of Interior cybercrime hotline 108, EG-CERT for incident reporting, and the Central Bank of Egypt for disputing bank transactions, plus an honest look at how money recovery really works.

Report online fraud in Bangladesh fast: the 999 line, CID Cyber Police Centre, BGD e-GOV CIRT, and what to do when money leaves your bKash, Nagad or bank.

How police, prosecutors and cybercrime investigators obtain customer, server and connection data from OVHcloud, the French cloud provider, including why its EU legal route differs sharply from US providers and which instrument foreign agencies must use.

How police, prosecutors and government investigators request data from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: the processor-vs-controller model, redirect-to-customer policy, what Oracle holds directly, US legal thresholds, customer notice and foreign (MLAT) requests.

How police, prosecutors and cybercrime investigators can obtain subscriber records, server content and logs from DigitalOcean, covering abuse reports, preservation, subpoenas, court orders, search warrants, emergency disclosure and the request portal.

If your WhatsApp account was taken over, you can usually get it back in minutes by re-registering your number. This calm, step-by-step guide walks you through recovery, locking attackers out, and reporting.