The icing on the cake is that this deception is very difficult to detect.
No more savings in his account and the bank refuses him any compensation… Revolted, an Internet user made public on the social network X a scam, increasingly used, which cost him all his savings. A publication seen by more than 6 million people.
This Christmas is being hard. They have scammed us and we have been left without savings. I tell this publicly, in case someone has gone through the same thing and in case it helps @ING_es assume your large part of the blame. pic.twitter.com/cDdUzHTveL
— Miguel Ángel Sánchez (@mangelsanchez) https://twitter.com/mangelsanchez/status/1741038419277750417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The misfortune of some makes the happiness of others… For some time now, scammers have no longer hesitated to resort to spoofinga scam that has already emptied more than one person's account in seconds, leaving their victims penniless. The icing on the cake: it is difficult to detect, even for the most cautious among us.
Identity theft that is difficult to detect
This scam happens in one phone call. The fraudster will contact a user using a number that may appear to belong to our financial institution. Which persuaded the Internet user, at the origin of the viral publication, to drop out. The person on the line, using banking terms to perfection, then assured him that there were “suspicious movements” on his victims' accounts, indicating to them that they were potentially the target of a scam. To resolve the problem, they then offer their target to transfer all the money to another, more secure account, so that their agent is safe.
And the secure account in question is none other than the checking account of the crooks, who, through fraudulent calls, amass a tidy sum of money.
SMS messages from the said bank?
This is what happened to Miguel Angel, who received a call allegedly from ING warning him of suspicious movements on his account. Trusting the advisor on the line, he followed the latter's instructions and made transfers to an account at the same bank. SMS messages then sending a confirmation code appeared. In a matter of seconds, he found himself penniless.
It was by contacting his bank himself that he realized the fraud of which he was the victim.
Authorities call for increased caution
Faced with the increase in cases of scams of this type, the Spanish National Police has decided to issue an advisory to alert the population of this new fraudulent process, advising residents not to pick up if a call seems suspicious and to call your bank directly to check if operations are really necessary.
