Bank alarm: here is the new scam that is becoming popular, and which is leaving millions of Italians broke.
Unfortunately, it is certainly not the first time that criminal incidents have occurred, due to which unsuspecting victims see their bank account wiped out within a few minutes, but this fraud is worse than the others.
The banking alarm launched by citizens in recent days scares the entire population, let’s see what it is, and above all how to avoid the dangerous deception.
Let’s find out how it works, and how to defend yourself from the new banking scam that leaves your current account in the red, making transfers of thousands of euros in a few moments.
Bank alert, the new scam that empties your current account
It is not the first time this has happened and unfortunately perhaps not even the last, scammers have become increasingly skilled and make use of modern technological means to deceive honest citizens who are left broke at any moment. This is precisely the reason for the recent bank alarm, the SOS launched by victims scammed in recent days in Italy.
But how does the new scam out there happen, and how do criminals defraud honest, unsuspecting people and steal all their savings? Let’s find out how the new banking branch works and how to avoid it.
The phishing scam that has left so many unsuspecting victims broke
The fraud that generated a real banking alarm is an unfortunately successful attempt to phishing. This is a criminal act through which expert scammers get in touch with potential victims from whom they manage to extort personal information to access the account, send bank transfers and money transfers. Defending yourself is not easy because scammers clone the contact details of credit institutions, and we send text messages, emails or phone calls that appear to be regular communications from the bank. They invite you to enter your pin, with an excuse and empty your bank account.
“They told me that bank transfers had been arranged and to block them I had to enter the pin code on my app. Only later did I realize that every time I entered the pin code I was approving the transfers arranged by the scammers” one of the victims revealed to the editorial staff of Fanpage.it. Unfortunately, the only way to avoid being deceived by unscrupulous criminals is to avoid communicating sensitive data, pins, document identification numbers, tax code, email domains and passwords to anyone who asks for them.
