At the beginning of July, the 61-year-old received an email, supposedly from her savings bank . The person addressed initially did not realize that it was a fake message. The fraudsters asked the woman to enter her online banking login details on a website. There was a link to it in the email.
Call from a wrong Sparkasse employee
Then there was a call, supposedly from a savings bank employee. He asked the woman to enter several codes and the associated TAN numbers. The 61-year-old fulfilled all demands. Before the fraud was discovered, the perpetrators managed to debit around 66,000 euros from their victim's accounts.
Now the police are investigating and warn:
Such phishing emails are circulating every day! Therefore, when opening emails, be sure to pay attention to who they come from and whether you can trust the sender. Particular caution should be exercised if the message contains any links or attached files.
Don't be fooled by the "look" of the email - fraudsters can also imitate the logos and lettering of well-known institutions, banks, insurance companies and the like, thereby giving the impression at first glance that the email is "real". However, you can often tell at second glance - for example from the sender's email address - who is actually behind it.
To better protect yourself against fraudsters' traps, you should know that credit institutions will never request confidential information from you via email.
Source: West Palatinate Police Headquarters
Also read: Warning about account theft
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