OP warns about the proliferation of scam messages and calls on weekends. Keeping three things in mind can avoid a lot of bad.
OP warns the scammers to hit especially on weekends. Adobe Stock / AOP
According to OP, the cheaters prefer more complex scams today, which often consist of many different stages.
It is typical for combination scams that they originate from a large number of text messages sent to a random group in the name of different actors. The purpose is to get as many recipients as possible to frighten the entry message and react to it as desired by the cheaters.
– There may be an innocent -looking link in the scam message, which calls for an online banking account or to submit contact information. The Huijari’s goal may be to collect online banking codes or personal data, such as the phone number, says Maija Ahonen, a company’s fraud expert in OP’s announcement.
The information collected in this way is often used by the cheater in the next stage of pulling, which is a phone call. It typically comes in the name of the “Bank Safety Department”. The cheater says on the phone the victim’s money is in danger and may know how to tell very accurate things about the victim’s banking, as he may have already entered his account.
Next, the cheater may try to float the malware victim on a computer or phone. This is done by urging the victim to download a particular program under the guise of safety issues, for example. In reality, the victim will even give the criminals a full access to their own device, allowing for all kinds of spy.
According to OP, such scams today are typically on weekends. Ahonen urges you to be careful whenever the SMS contains a link.
When you remember these three things you keep your money safe
- Carefully process your online banking IDs and personal information, and never give it to anyone or enter it to unknown sites.
- Banks or authorities will never ask for a bank ID or password.
- Banks do not have security accounts for which the customer could transfer their money to security.
Also remember the eternal rule of thumb: if something sounds too good to be true, it’s probably not true.
The scams have begun, among other things, with such messages. OP