Beware of fraud calls: How to protect your money from criminals!

Beware of fraud calls: How to protect your money from criminals!

Großbritannien - Currently, the warnings of fraudulent calls and phishing attempts are increasing in Austria, which come in particular from Great Britain. Since the beginning of March alone, 250 complaints about dubious calls have been received by the registration office for abuse of numbers, reports the RTR. This number indicates that the number of unreported cases could be even higher. Klaus Steinmaurer, managing director of RTR, urgently advises to be particularly vigilant when calling unknown numbers with the area code +44. If you don't expect a call from Great Britain, you should simply not take off.

phishing in the name of the banks

The fraudsters use various methods to get personal data and bank information. The victims often receive SMS or emails that request updating their financial online access due to problems with their account. When clicking on the link provided, those affected are asked to enter their sensitive bank details. If you fall in for this, a call from someone who pretends to be a bank employee and informs about suspicious transactions. This leads the victims to even install a remote access app in order to give the fraudsters access to their device and thus to their account, as steiermark.Af reports.

The police warnings are clear: the potential financial losses can go into thousands. Therefore, it is advised not to open any links from unknown senders and to make sure that banks and tax offices never request links to enter access data. In case of doubt, those affected should contact their bank directly to prevent such attempts to fraud

In addition, experts warn that when calling a clear announcement, a female computer voice is often used to make the recipients to add the official phone number to their WhatsApp contacts. This explains the risk of a chat dialogue through which the fraudsters may obtain even more personal data of the victims, such as puls24.at reported.