Digital fraud is the order of the day and in recent months, with the pandemic, they have become more and more accentuated. The National Police have alerted through their official channels that they have detected a new bank fraud that intends to take over our personal data.
The deception begins with an SMS that reaches our mobile phones where we are informed that there are certain suspicious aspects in our bank credentials: « We have detected suspicious access attempts to your account. You must activate your web security system or your account will be blocked. ‘
The National Police have reported that, if we get to receive this message, we will not do anything. It is a fraud.
⚠Detected a type of #banking fraud through SMS and phone calls
If you receive this message #NoPiques and if you have questions, call your bank directly pic.twitter.com/kkjF1YkCRI
– National Police (@policia) August 11, 2021
Our data exposed
Security members have also reported that the messages of this type of fraud may change, but the purpose remains the same and the method remains the same.
According to the agents, after receiving this SMS from our supposed bank, if the user clicks on it with this first contact and accesses the web, they will enter a false page that simulates a security entity of our bank.
On this website they ask us for some personal data that we must include, so the scam is almost finished.
After the data thieves receive this information, the fraud is certified with a phone call from a supposed operator of our bank that will require some information, including the keys to our electronic signature.
According to the police, the scam is very well developed since when they call us by phone, the scammers themselves pretend that they are passing the call to different departments or even send an SMS again advising of the entire process that is being carried out.
Once the scammers have all our data, it will be very easy for them to access our bank accounts at any time.
As always, the National Police warns that we must be safe when entering the Internet. They recommend that we never share personal information with anyone over the phone or on pages that could be suspicious.
In addition, “the first rule that we must not forget is that secret codes or personal data should never be provided through any channel,” report the National Police agents.
