Bulgarian Posts have informed about fake e-mails sent under the name of the postal services with a request that in order for the recipient to receive a "prize" - a mobile phone, and they must confirm participation with personal data, such as e-mail address, debit or credit card data, and others.

In other cases, the message states that the customer has a shipment and must pay a certain amount for receiving it and it was necessary to provide bank card details. The Ministry of Health also warned that false phishing messages were being sent on their behalf and that these fake emails were trying to extract personal data from citizens under the pretext of free donations.