A suspicious email has been received by various media organizations and civil society groups. The message was sent from a fake email address while falsely claiming to originate from the Prime Minister’s Office. Media expert Arthur Papyan reported this on his Facebook page.

“Dozens of media outlets and NGOs have received a suspicious email sent from a fraudulent email address:

From: Nazeli Baghdasaryan nazeli.baghdasaryan@secretary-gov.com

The email is presented as if it were sent on behalf of the prime minister’s spokesperson and the chief of staff. However, it contains multiple spelling mistakes and a suspicious PDF attachment.

If you have received such an email:

• do not open the attachment,
• do not click on any links,
• delete the email,” the post says.

He added that a technical analysis of the PDF attachment is still underway.