Warning of fraud: Paderborn woman falls for fake SMS!

Warning of fraud: Paderborn woman falls for fake SMS!

In February, a woman from the Paderborn district experienced a serious incident in connection with phishing fraud. She received an SMS that informed her that her Push Tan registration soon expired. This communication, which was supposedly came from her bank, contained a link for immediate registration. After clicking on this link, she fell into the nasty stitches of the fraudsters. The public prosecutor and the Paderborn police informed about this incident on May 7th and urged such attempts to fraud, which have increased in recent months, such as the Westfalen-blatt reported.

The Sparkasse itself also commented and warned its customers of phishing communities that have recently been sent under its name. These fraudulent SMS often express that there is a time pressure by saying that only six hours are available for registration. A click on the link contained in the news could have serious consequences, including the loss of sensitive data such as online banking access data and personal information. The Sparkasse advises to ignore such messages and not to follow the instructions in order to avoid breaks in their own security net, such as "https://www.cettikel/cb-news-finanzen-sparkasse-pushtan-sms-ds-35918173.html"> Computerbild

The risks of the phishing mesh

The fraud stitch is indeed not new, but thanks to well -fake websites, continues to be successful. Again and again customers fall in and unknowingly reveal their access data. In one of the recent cases, fraudsters called at a cooperative bank and pointed out the account holders to confirm data for the so-called VR SecureGoplus app. 28 bookings of over 6,700 euros were triggered; The bank had to replace the amount with interest, since no gross negligence was proven on the part of the customer, as Test.de reported.

The courts regularly deal with these cases. In another example, a customer lost 14,000 euros after he was informed that his account was blocked and he in turn released the registration of a digital debit card. Here, too, the court decided that there was no gross negligence. In contrast, a district court in Aachen found that there was a gross negligence when a customer passed on banking data on a telephone request, but the Sparkasse had to bear half of the damage because an early blocking of the account could have prevented the loss.

The advancing technology and the tricks of the fraudsters require a vigilant be of the bank customers. It is important to be aware of the risks and always communicate directly with your bank through the official paths instead of reacting to SMS or emails that can easily become a trap due to their urgency and deceptive look.