A man received a text message on June 1st that his security app for online banking was expiring and that he had to re-identify himself. He was asked to click on a link and follow the instructions. The man did this, giving the unknown perpetrators access to his bank details. They created a virtual bank card and thus had unrestricted access to the man's account. When he noticed the fraud and filed a police report, damage of over 10,000 euros had already been caused.
Attentive bank employee foils attempted fraud: Warning of shock calls
Another attempted fraud was prevented by an attentive bank employee. She warned a woman who wanted to withdraw 20,000 euros from her bank account. The fraud victim fell for a shock call from a fake police officer and believed her daughter had caused a fatal traffic accident. The money was intended to serve as bail to spare the daughter from going to prison.
The bank employee, the institute, is a multiplier in the campaign “Shocked on the phone? Hang up!” of the Paderborn police against the telephone fraud, reacted correctly when she found out about the story and informed the real police. There was no handover of money.
In addition to the cases mentioned, other fraud attempts were reported via telephone, SMS and WhatsApp. The WhatsApp scam usually works in such a way that a supposed family member says that they have lost their phone and therefore contacts you via a new number. Apparently money is urgently needed for a transfer. The messages usually begin with the suspicious salutation “Hello Mom/Hello Dad.”
Further fraud attempts via telephone, SMS and WhatsApp: protective measures and warnings
In this case, too, the police advise blocking the sender and deleting the message. The same applies to SMS scam messages. Do not click on the link displayed there. If you receive a shock call on the phone, you should hang up immediately and not allow yourself to be drawn into a conversation. It is important for relatives to regularly talk to older family members about the fraud via telephone, SMS message or messenger service and to warn them of the dangers.
With the campaign “Shocked on the phone? “Hang up!”, the Paderborn police have provided numerous tools for this purpose. The posters as well as flyers and postcards to take with you and place next to your phone can now be found in many places in the district.
Information about the campaign is available on the Paderborn Police website .
Source:
Press portal
This might also be of interest:
Cash vs. digital payments: a fact check
Order fraud: cracked mailboxes and misuse of postal items
Fixed-term deposit offers: recognize lousy scams
Notes:
1) This content reflects the current state of affairs at the time of publication. The reproduction of individual images, screenshots, embeds or video sequences serves to discuss the topic. 2) Individual contributions were created through the use of machine assistance and were carefully checked by the Mimikama editorial team before publication. ( Reason )