Attempts were made to use OP’s customers’ credit cards, so the bank closed the cards for security reasons. The scammers try to benefit immediately from the situation.
The criminals did not manage to cause financial damage to OP’s customers. Jr Leskinen/KL
OP closed hundreds of credit cards for their customers over the weekend due to suspicions of abuse. The first reported on the subject Ilta-Sanomat.
OP’s everyday economic services manager Masa deer tells Iltalehti that the criminals did not succeed in making charges from bank customers. All attempts at abuse were identified and prevented in time, and financial damage was not caused.
– It was a very restricted misconduct that concerned some hundred cards. We do not open up more precisely how to make abuse, Peura tells Iltalehti.
Once the card is closed, it can no longer use funds on accounts or loans. A new card will be sent.
If the customer has been careful when using the card and card information and maintained the card conditions, and, according to the deer, he is not responsible for any misuse of his card or its information.
– If the card is closed for safety reasons, the new card will be in a few weeks, says Peura.
The scammers struck immediately – this is how you recognize a genuine OP message
OP’s customer who contacted Iltalehti said that he had received a text message on closing their card on Tuesday. The reason for safety was reported. A message sent in the name of OP was asked to contact the phone number under 046 to obtain more information.
The message had made the customer’s alarm bells ring, as the number it described did not correspond to the card locking number on the OP website, and he could not find any mention of closing his cards in his online bank. The cards could also be used normally.
The reader who contacted Iltalehti was the right thing about the scam. According to the deer, OP will never ask its customers to call 046 numbers.
According to the deer, the genuine security message sent by OP is identified by the fact that the sender reads “OP”, and the possible phone number mentioned in the message can also be found on the bank’s website.
In addition, the scam message had made it look like it was sent from OP’s genuine phone number, even though it was not really. The number on 010 252010 as the sender of the scam message is OP Group’s telephone exchange number.
On Tuesday, the reader of Iltalehti received a scam message sent on the name of OP. The message seems to have come from the genuine number of OP. Reader