Russian bankers face a new trick of scammers

Security service VTB has recorded an upsurge in the activity of fraudsters using a new scheme to trick customers into accessing an online bank’s personal account.
According to the bank’s press service, scammers call customers by phone, pose as employees of the contact center, inform about the blocking of the online bank account and ask them to dictate a password from an SMS to restore access to their personal account. As a result of deception, criminals can access all customer accounts.
“So they try to enter the account or complete and confirm an online loan application and withdraw money from their accounts,” the bank warned.
The VTB security service advises not to engage in conversations with scammers, and then interrupt the conversation and call the bank at the numbers indicated on the bank card to clarify that everything is in order.
According to VTB Vice-President Olga Tsegelnaya, fraudsters use various deception schemes, criminal activity increased by 25% in January-March 2023.
Earlier, the Central Bank mentioned the four most popular fraudulent schemes to defraud bank customers and recommended the introduction of a two-day time limit to be able to reverse the transfer of funds to a fraudulent account.Post-Russian Bankers Facing New Scam appeared first on Trending Articles.