The bank is clear that bank customers must not give their Bank ID to anyone. It’s not something bank employees ask about, and the same goes for passwords and social security numbers.
– The fraudsters pretend to be calling from SR-Bank and they are so specific that the fraudsters say they are “employed at the office on Domkirkeplassen”, says the head of the Marit Sola department at Sparebank 1 SR-Bank in a press release.
The bank’s head office is in Stavanger.
The fraud expert says that names like Kirsten Vik and Johanna Larsen come up again, the former has a local dialect and the latter spoke Trønder. In addition, there are many that have been transferred to Yngve Rolstad from Økokrim who also has a local dialect.
– This shows that the fraudsters are becoming increasingly complex and skilled. They just adapt to the local market and unfortunately appear very credible to our customers, says Sola.
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These fraud attempts especially affect seniors between 76 and 79.
The fraud this summer is particularly related to card fraud. From January to the end of July, there have been 4,243 fraud cases, compared to 2,951 last year. This is a 40 percent increase. Sola says that they have noticed the increase throughout the year, but that July shows the highest number of card complaints.
2024-08-26 14:29:03
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