Desenrola Brasil: government warns how to prevent scams in debt negotiation

This Wednesday (18), the Ministry of Finance issued a statement warning about the scams in debt renegotiation of the Desenrola Brasil program. The Federal Government explained again how the program works so that people do not fall into false agreements.

Desenrola Brasil is an initiative created to solve the financial lives of many indebted Brazilians. However, criminals have used the name of the government platform to create malicious links.

Despite not offering details about the types of scams applied, the official guidance is for people to only access the official page and not trust other web addresses.

The ministry reported that the first stage of the renegotiation program It has already been used by criminals. They adapted different digital resources to send emails and create websites to scam people.

Therefore, access for interested parties must only be via the website

unfold.gov.br and “any other communication channel, such as link, email, WhatsApp messages, etc., could constitute an attempted coup, and should be ignored by the citizen”, reinforces the statement.

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Desenrola Brasil: how not to fall for scams

To prevent other people from being harmed by criminal actions, the Federal Government offered important instructions to carry out debt negotiations safely on the Desenrola Brasil website.

Firstly, the agreement for the second phase of the program must be made on the official renegotiation platform.

To participate in the program, you must first create an account gov.br silver and gold levels. This registration must be done on the official Federal Government page, which allows access to different digital public services in Brazil.

Finally, the Federal government advised that any attempted fraud or scam must be reported to the creditor and the authorities, through the “record of police incidents, contact with Procons, and telephone exchange of the creditor with which the debtor has the debt".

The second phase of Desenrola Brasil is available to people who receive up to two minimum wages or who are registered in the Federal Government's Single Registry for Social Programs.