Beware of fake card complete emails claiming that “your card has been blocked”. It's a phishing message!
As our cooperation partner 'Watchlist Internet.at' reported, criminals are sending a fake card complete message.
In it they claim that the bank blocked the card. Customers should therefore check them and publish data on a website.
The letter is a criminal attempt by unknown persons to obtain payment information from recipients.
Criminals want to steal data from company customers using fake messages – for example from banks or email providers.
In their letters, they cite a made-up reason, such as account suspension or security system irregularities, that supposedly requires message recipients to provide their personal information on a website.
The website linked in the letter belongs to the criminals, which is why Internet users send the requested data directly to them.
Subject: Your card has been blocked!
Criminals are currently trying to get credit card information from customers using a fake card complete email. Her fraudulent message states:
From: Card Complete Service Bank AG < [email protected] >
Date: December 17, 2016 at 7:29:48 p.m. CET
Subject: Your card has been blocked!Ladies and Gentlemen
we will inform you that your card has been blocked
Check your card by simply clicking on the link below which will take you to a website. After this verification you will be able to use your card for all online services.
. Activate my card
Thank you for your understanding
card complete Service Bank AG
Security Card Service
Lassallestraße 3
1020 Vienna
The fake card complete phishing email gives the impression that it is real:
Source: Watchlist Internet: fake card complete mail
Should you activate your card?
When you “activate your cards” you are taken to a fake card complete website. It has a form that requests your credit card information.
Disclosing the data means that criminals have access to it. This puts the perpetrators in a position to make purchases at the expense of their victims or to commit crimes under other people's names.
How do you recognize the fake card complete message?
- card complete never asks customers via email to provide personal credit card information on a website.
- “Card Complete Service Bank AG” appears as the sender with the email address “ [email protected] ”. The email address shows you that the letter does not actually come from the bank.
- The email is impersonal: “Dear Sir or Madam”. Reputable companies call their customers directly by name.
- The letter is incorrect: “Dear Sir or Madam, we inform you that your card has been blocked”. A serious message is proofread and free of errors.
- The link “Activate my card” leads to the website “musterseite.com/wplopp/hgn”. It does not belong to card complete.
Have you been a victim?
In this case, contact card complete immediately and explain to the bank that you have become a victim of data theft. Discuss how to proceed with the company so that you don't lose money.
File a criminal complaint with the police. Keep an eye on your credit card statements and report suspicious transactions to card complete.
The Internet Watchlist recommends:
Move supposed bank messages that ask you to provide your personal information on a website to your spam folder.
This has the advantage that similar phishing emails will no longer appear in your regular inbox in the future!
Source: Watchlist Internet
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