The police call for vigilance in all matters related to payment transactions.
Internal Finland police are investigating several cases of payment instrument fraud in which money has been lost from people’s accounts abroad.
People who have fallen victim to the scam appear to have entered their online banking credentials on the scam website.
Search results from search services such as Google can lead to credible-looking pages. Therefore, the police advises to go to the online bank with the official address to be written in the address field.
With the help of scam websites, scammers try to find out the login’s online banking credentials. Alarm bells should ring at the latest when you are asked to enter your online banking credentials several times when logging in, says the crime commissioner Janne Sievänen In the bulletin of the Police Department of Inner Finland. With several login attempts, the fraudster may be able to confirm the account transfer.
Illustration picture. Anu Kivistö