(NLDO) - During Tet, when the demand for banking transactions increases, fraud tends to increase with many sophisticated tricks.
Agribank warns that during the Tet holidays, scammers may impersonate local police officers, asking customers to update their identification information or threatening them with involvement in serious crimes. Scammers may also impersonate bank employees to invite them to open credit cards, assist with money transfers, or impersonate employees of electricity and water companies and threaten to cut off electricity and water.
Fraudsters impersonate reputable brands or relatives and friends to send messages and emails informing customers that they will receive lucky money via bank accounts, e-wallets or gifts sent to their homes.
Next, the scammer will send a strange link, QR code that is a fake website, software or a link containing malicious code that takes over the phone to the customer's device via messaging apps, Zalo, Telegram, Messenger...
Banks and e-wallets recommend that customers absolutely do not provide OTP or Smart OTP codes to anyone for any reason to avoid losing money unjustly.
When accessing fake websites and applications, customers will have to enter personal information, payment information such as bank account information, card number, password, OTP code. Then, the scammer will use this information to appropriate assets.
BVBank warns of another scam during Tet when customers' demand for banking services increases. Accordingly, the scammer has the customer's account number and intentionally enters the wrong password many times, leading to the account being locked.
Next, they impersonate phone bank employees to lure customers to a link to download a fake application.
At this point, customers often panic and follow the instructions, provide login information, install malware, etc., leading to scammers taking control of the device and withdrawing money from the customer's account.
According to BVBank, this scam is similar to the app installation scam. However, this trick is more sophisticated and dangerous because customer account numbers and phone numbers are often easier to find.
To ensure safety when using e-banking services and protect customers' assets, banks recommend that users absolutely do not access strange links, scan strange QR codes, install and grant access to strange software.
For software such as VNEID, Public Services, banking applications..., customers should only download software on the phone's application market (App Store for iOS, CH Play for Android...); should check the number of downloads and reviews of the application on the application market before deciding to download the software.
Customers absolutely do not provide bank account information such as password, OTP code, etc. to anyone, including bank employees.
Be wary of calls claiming to be from local police, banks, or utility companies. Avoid posting personal information, phone numbers, bank account numbers, or electronic bills containing personal information on social networking sites.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/ngan-hang-canh-bao-nhung-thu-doan-lua-dao-moi-196250130162148469.htm
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