No matter whether messages, emails or calls – the possibilities of the fraud are diverse. In order to put people under pressure and to gain credibility, criminals hide behind well -known companies.
Calls should exert pressure
The consumer advice center warns of another fraud stitch. These are calls which affected person warns of several hundred euros of a supposed payment. This was arranged by online providers such as PayPal or Amazon. To stop the payment, you should press a button for confirmation. However, the caller hides behind a computer voice. Those affected commented on the consumer advice center that after such a conversation, no payments were made from their own accounts. A clear reference to fraud for the consumer center. PayPal also comments on the incidents, spokeswoman Sabrina Winter states that “PayPal usually does not call its customers – and certainly not with the request to make payments”.
According to the consumer advice center, the whole thing is reminiscent of previous fraud stitches, in which those affected were also called. At that time, however, under the guise of Interpol, Europol or the police. When pressing the button, a person was connected to a person who pushed for payments to an abroad or investments in cryptocurrencies. But how do you protect yourself from such calls?
Protection measures are simple
According to the consumer center, the simplest and most effective method is easy to put on. Under no circumstances should a button be pressed or something confirmed. To ensure that no incorrect payments have been made or are pending, you should register on the website of the respective company and check your account information. Alternatively, this is also possible in the corresponding application.
If there are actually unauthorized payments to be found there, the actual customer service should be contacted. In addition, the police should be contacted in such a case, ideally the phone number of the caller should also be noted because it can be important for the compensation payments, as Brisant.de reports.
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