A new scam ready to hit the Italians. Unaware of the bank used as a decoy. The details.
A very dangerous new one fraud it is ready to disturb the daily life of Italians even more. Attempts to cheat the next one, to the point that to date, there is no dynamics related to the web that does not risk becoming the pretext for finding the victim on duty. Mail, sms, every approach is contemplated to try to force the user to field their sensitive data. Whatsapp, Facebook, even social networks are often involved in these sneaky attempts to scam the unfortunate moment.
The scam in question, the one that has recently attracted all the attention of professionals and users affected even before using the technique of “spoofing”. A text message in which a bank, in this case Unicredit, obviously unaware of everything and used as a real lark mirror, asks its customer, but often, clearly even those who are not customers, to provide their credentials access to Home Banking in order to carry out an update with them. Everything might seem somewhat usual and instead would be enough take into account the fact that banks never make similar requests, even less via text messages.
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Spoofing arrives: how the scam attempt works
In the text of the sms delivered to the unsuspecting user there will clearly be a link, on which you will be asked to click. At that moment, that is, when the unfortunate person on duty will enter his / her credentials Home Banking, the scammers will have his current account available for all their wishes. The first ever, will clearly be to drain it. The same bank, called into question for what it concerns the scam in question warns its customers.
No institute financial send sms they try to explain in a note, none of the operations requested by the scammers has to do with the ordinary conduct of Unicredit and other banks hypothetically involved. The users, they must consider the idea of the risk of fraud when certain messages are found in front of their eyes, therefore do not be impulsive e answer immediately, frightened by who knows what factor concerning its bank balances.
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Each user it should therefore be clear that there are no certain checks at banking institutions, there is no request to update one’s bank credentials, it does not exist and is not expected by any need or dynamic linked to the management of your account. Eyes open, therefore, and be careful to read carefully where you are clicking, the most popular advice from banks and give it consumer counters, always personally engaged against certain abuses.
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