If you also received a dubious SMS with the sender PST, you should be on your guard. There is fraud behind the pretext “Your Raiffeisen account has not been approved”.

Fraudsters try to get Raiffeisen customers’ access data via SMS. Apparently the account was not approved and the recipient had to request a new code.

The short message looks like this:

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Your Raiffeisen account has not been approved. Your pushTAN requests a new code. Click here: …

The fact check

There is currently a real wave of such short messages. The undeliverable package scam is particularly popular at the moment. ( see here ) This leads to an expensive subscription trap. It cannot be ruled out that the data entered will be resold or misused for other purposes.

The message was written in bad German. This hint alone is enough to develop a healthy distrust of texting.

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What happens if I follow the link?
First of all, the short link obscures where it will go. If you tap on it anyway, you will be taken to a website with the following address: “https://www.sso-raiffeisen.eu/index3/identifier/verfueger/”

The additions “SSO” and “identifier” in the URL are intended to simulate a secure site. This is a popular trick used by phishing scammers. The website then usually shows an extremely well-replicated login mask that can hardly be distinguished from the real login at a bank.

Anyone who enters their correct data here is playing it directly into the hands of cyber criminals, who now have access to your bank account. Credit card details are often also fished out.

I fell into the trap – what should I do?
Once you have entered your details, change your password if you can and contact your bank immediately to have your account blocked if necessary. If possible, take as many screenshots of the scam as possible and inform the police that you have fallen victim to a phishing trap.

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Tips:
Instead of following a link offered, you should always manually open the official website in your browser or the associated app and ask your bank what the SMS is about.

Also question the reason for the text message – does it make sense? If in doubt, always call the bank or service hotline and have it confirmed as authentic.

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