Phishing Alert: Watch Out for Fake Comdirect Emails

• With phishing, fraudsters want to elicit the data for your Comdirect account.
• The pretext for the theft is an alleged blocking of your card.
• The fraud can be recognized immediately on the basis of a few indicators.

Do you have an account with the online bank Comdirect? Then there is currently a risk that you will become the victim of a phishing scam. As always, the cybercriminals want to extract sensitive information from you and gain access to your account.

In the email, the fraudsters claim that certain functions of your card have been blocked for security reasons. Unblocking requires confirmation of your customer data within 14 days. If the deadline is exceeded, there are allegedly processing fees. Via a link in the mail, the sender leads you to the supposed update process.

As is so often the case, however, this link actually leads to a fake Comdirect page. That reports the Consumer Center. If you provide the requested data, it will immediately fall into the hands of scammers. This can then cause great financial damage.

But it doesn’t have to come to that. Because it can be clearly seen that this is phishing. The sender address, the impersonal form of address and the threat are clear indicators. In addition, your bank would never ask you to disclose your data via a link. For your protection, we advise you to move the e-mail to the spam folder unanswered.

Simple signs: This is how you recognize every phishing email

A first indication that you have received a phishing email: the email will ask you to confirm personal data or to enter it on a website. This Under no circumstances should you comply with the request. In addition, criminals often use the official logos of the companies they are copying in their emails, but not official sender addresses.

If you find the sender suspicious, you should read the email twice. You will often find spelling mistakes or inconsistencies in German grammar. The attackers usually do not write their emails themselves, but instead use automatically generated messages or translate known emails with a translation program. But why all the effort?

What do criminals achieve with phishing attacks?

Phishing is used on the Internet to collect real user data. Money can be made with these if e-mail addresses, names and other information are sold for advertising purposes or passed on in criminal forums. With the data obtained, cyber criminals can also address future phishing attacks in a more targeted manner, making their attacks more effective.

Attachments and links contained in malicious e-mails also often inject malware or viruses onto your computer. In addition, you should not simply ignore suspicious emails. Forward them to the above email address and help us report future phishing attacks.

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