“Currently, this is most often a ringtone from numbers that begin with the area code +94 belonging to Sri Lanka. Fraudulent calls of this kind are usually from abroad, “he warned the CTU on Wednesday.
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Practically the only defense against an astronomical telephone bill is therefore not to react to such calls from foreign foreign numbers. “Otherwise, there is a risk that (users) will be forced to pay the increased price of this call, and given the fact that they will make the call of their own free will not rely too much on success in a possible complaint procedure,” the office explained.
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Banks have also warned against fraudulent phone calls for a long time. The attackers introduce themselves as representatives of the bank and try to obtain login details for internet banking from people under various pretexts and allegedly advantageous offers or, on the contrary, false warnings.
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In this context, banks warn that as part of the verification or control of outgoing transactions, they never ask the user for complete data from the payment card, login details for internet banking or authorization SMS, passwords and PIN.
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