Sparkasse, Volksbank and Mastercard: It is better not to open these emails

If you currently receive an email from Sparkasse, Volksbank or Mastercard, you should be careful and ignore the message. Fraudsters try to obtain bank customers' private data via phishing emails. They lure customers to a website and ask them to provide their information.

The North Rhine-Westphalia consumer advice center has already warned about these emails on its website and on social media channels. made aware of the phishing emails on social channels.

This is what the phishing emails look like

The North Rhine-Westphalia consumer advice center has published some examples of what the emails that customers have received so far look like:

Contents of the phishing emails

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Sparkasse:

Subject: “Checking the data”
Content: Due to “new regulations for online payment transactions”, the Sparkasse is obliged to carry out a data comparison with all customers at regular intervals and therefore requests that private user data be provided.

Volksbanks:

Subject: “Authentication required”/“Authentication necessary”
Content: “The security of payment transactions” is to be strengthened by the new payment directive PSD2. That's why every Volksbank customer is asked to provide their mobile phone number and date of birth via the attached link.

Mastercard:

Subject: “Checking your data”
Content: Mastercard is supposed to “check the data of your customer base” and all customers are obliged to provide their customer data. Since the email recipient has not yet taken part in the verification, his card has now been blocked. If the customer does not carry out the verification within two days, he can only have the card unblocked with a transfer of 29.95 euros.

If you receive a suspicious email, you can forward it to the email address phishing@verbraucherzentrale.nrw. All incoming emails are evaluated here.

Source: inFranken.de
Article image: Shutterstock / From Ventura


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