Police warn: fraudulent stitches increase rapidly!

Police warn: fraudulent stitches increase rapidly!

The fraud stitches in the digital space are increasing steadily and are becoming increasingly dangerous in their sophistication. This concern is also reflected in the regular warnings of the Rhein-Berg police, which warn of the diverse methods with which criminal unsuspecting citizens bring about their money. According to rga.de Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and the Stadtsparkasse Wermelskirchen remarkable. They implement a preventive concept that has proven itself, especially with unusually high cash withdrawals.

The employees of the Stadtsparkasse are trained to recognize potential victims. You ask about the reason for larger withdrawals and inform customers about possible fraud stitches. In order to support this sensitization, the banks have introduced special envelopes that are intended to stimulate customers with questions about caution. These measures are estimated by the customers as a discrete form of protection.

shock calls and phishing

The shock calls are particularly perfidious, in which fraudsters pretend to be police officers or prosecutors in order to emotionally put their victims under pressure and to move cash or valuables. The above calls are only the tip of the iceberg. Younger people are increasingly susceptible to online fraud, which is often difficult to recognize. Fraudsters send fake emails or SMS that are written in the name of trustworthy institutions, such as the Sparkasse. These are intended to lure the recipients on manipulated phishing sites to get sensitive data.

In the last few days alone, Consumerzentral.de reported on a specific phishing test. An email with the subject "Your payment was unsuccessful" pretended to report problems with the last payment at Netflix. The content asked the recipients to update their payment information in order to avoid an "interruption of access". Depending on the sender, this email was not trustworthy, and it was advised to ignore the message and move them to the spam folder.

initiatives for clarification

In order to better protect consumers, the initiative "act safely" was launched. The aim of this initiative is to clarify online fraud and improve the security situation for Internet users. Among other things, the police crime prevention of the federal states and the federal government as well as various organizations that specialize in this area are involved, such as Germany safely on the Internet e. V. and risk ident. The website provides comprehensive information about various fraud methods and offers tips on recognizing fraud.