Police zones also warn us about online scams. Arro Ypres police zone has again seen an increase in the number of phishing reports. These usually concern text messages that allegedly come from CARDSTOP. You will receive a warning for a suspicious transaction. A link puts you in touch with scammers who want to perform a number of actions on your computer. In reality, the scammers gain access to your bank account.
At the beginning of December, 50,000 euros was stolen. Some tips: “cardstop will never contact you yourself, do not install software such as Anydesk or Teamviewer and do not perform any actions with the card reader,” it sounds.
The zone is currently also receiving reports from people who are called, allegedly by their bank, in connection with suspicious transactions.