Telephone scams are the order of the day and there is not a week that the National Police does not notify us of new frauds through our telephone. Thanks to this state security body, if we follow their advice, we are a little safer in our day to day lives, but we must all be vigilant.
Gaining momentum at the moment is a telephone scam to get hold of the access codes of our bank and that with the passage of time, cybercriminals have been polishing.
This new version of ‘spoofing’ is more sophisticated than ever. And it is the cybercriminal who notifies his victim that, for security reasons, the password must be dialed on the phone and not spoken to anyone.
Once the victim is deceived, the scammer records the keystrokes on the mobile phone, and from that moment controls all the secret keys of the person who has scammed. We are talking about a scam that lies in the impersonation of the real telephone number of energy companies, public institutions or banking entities.
Despite the fact that the ‘spoofing’ scam has been in our society for some time, the fact that it continues to improve makes it capable of deceiving more and more victims.
Everything happens through a telephone conversation, an increasingly widespread technique. And when the victim sees that the number matches that of a trusted company, the scammers gain the user’s trust until they reach a point of no return.
They ask you to dial the private banking access code on your mobile keyboard. They can also do it with a verification code after an SMS that is obviously also fraudulent reaches their terminal.
The National Police offers a series of tips so that we do not fall for this scam that is so common in recent times. To avoid falling into it, the Police make it clear that the telephone company or supply company in question should not ask us for any personal data.
They also point out that no company or institution uses this type of method to request personal data from its clients. In addition, the National Police advises the population that in no case do we give credit card information or identity documents.
Neither of payroll, username, income statement or any type of password that endangers the security of our phone. But the advice of the Police does not only stop there, because they also attract the attention of the fraudulent text messages that usually reach our mobile phones.
About these, they warn us that we never click on these SMS coming from a supposed bank entity with which we work. In addition, they advise us to reject these telephone offers without first sending us the documentation or calling us again to make the consequent verifications.
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