<Follow-up> Please be careful about suspicious emails disguised as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications or local governments!

Please be careful about suspicious emails disguised as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications or local governments!

If you receive a suspicious email like the one below, please do not click the link or image in the text and delete it.
In addition,There are no plans to implement a second special flat-rate benefit at this time.

■ Example of email subject
・ We have opened a special website for the second special fixed amount benefit.
・ We have started acting as a special fixed-amount benefit re-benefit application procedure.

■ Example of sender of mail (example of notation on mail application)
・ Disguised as Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
・ Special fixed amount benefit and camouflage
・ Disguised as "soumu.go.jp"
 ・"soumu@vip.3322.co.jp"
Such

In addition to emails that trick the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, new patterns of suspicious emails that trick local governments have been confirmed.
・ Disguised as the local government name <soumu @ mail domain used by the local government>
Such

* Many emails spoof the display name on the email application and
It looks as if it was sent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications mail domain "@ soumu.go.jp",
It is actually sent from a different email address.

■ Links in the text and URLs of suspicious websites
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin-soumu-go-jp [.] Buzz /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin-soumu-go-jp [.] Xyz /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukio-soumu-go-jp [.] Buzz /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukio-soumu-go-jp [.] Xyz /
・ Hxxps: //www.kyufukin-soumu-go-jp [.] Buzz /
・ Hxxps: //www.kyufukin-soumu-go-jp [.] Xyz /
・ Hxxps: //www.kyufukio-soumu-go-jp [.] Buzz /
・ Hxxps: //www.kyufukio-soumu-go-jp [.] Xyz /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Pw /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Best /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Click /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Online /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Buzz /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Club /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Fun /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Link /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Monster /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] Shop /
・ Hxxps: //kyufukin.soumu [.] uno /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin [.] club /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin [.] Cyou /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin [.] Monster /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin [.] Top /
・ Hxxps: // kyufukin [.] Website /
Such

■ IP address of suspicious website
 ・45.192.178[.]214
 ・45.192.179[.]42
 ・173.82.120[.]101
 ・14.63.172[.]200
Such

Please note that there is no fact of the second special fixed amount benefit.