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Fake calls: Scammers use real bank numbers for telephone fraud. Sparkasse and the police are warning of new scams such as phishing and crypto fraud.
Fraudsters never sleep: new scams are constantly emerging to put people under pressure and extract money or personal data from them. Sometimes they come via text message, sometimes via social networks – and increasingly often directly via the telephone. Now Sparkasse is also warning all its customers.
The real phone number of the bank then appears on the mobile phone or landline display. This is made possible by, among other things, so-called caller ID spoofing. It often starts with a phishing text message, for example in the name of “FinanzOnline.”
Anyone who responds to this will receive a fake call shortly afterwards. The caller will then claim that someone has gained access to their online banking and ordered “fraudulent transactions.” In reality, however, the perpetrators only want to obtain login details and approvals. The criminals use this information to log into George, prepare their own transfers, and urge the victims to approve them without thinking twice.
Further information on this scam can be found on Watchlist Internet.
The police also recently warned of a similar scam: Criminals send fake text messages in the name of well-known crypto providers. These messages refer to alleged unauthorized registrations, but the real goal is to obtain personal data, codes, or push TANs.
This is often followed by phone calls in which victims are persuaded to transfer their crypto holdings to a supposedly “secure wallet” – in reality, the coins end up directly in the hands of the fraudsters. According to the police, there are currently daily reports in Upper Austria alone.
- source: heute.at/picture: pixabay.com
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