Fraud in the form of bogus text messages, phone calls and phishing are becoming more and more common.
Not infrequently, the fraudster targets elderly people in search of money.
The latest in the line of all companies to warn customers about the cunning tricks of fraudsters is DHL, which recently issued a warning.
Then it was about scam text messages that were sent out in which they pretended to be DHL.
However, the tricky thing about that particular text message was that the fraudsters sent the message in the shipping company’s existing text message thread.
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BankID warns all users
Another company warning its users is BankID. On their website, a clear banner is visible where the company writes the following:
“Warning, fake text messages, phone calls and emails”.
The reason the public is now being warned is because there are several fake mailings and calls where fraudsters pretend to be BankID.
“We never contact users that way. Delete the message or end the conversation without following any prompts,” they write further.
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Photo: Screenshot BankID This is how you recognize the fraudster’s BankID scam
News24 have talked to Charlotte Pataky who is the press officer at BankID to find out how you as a private person recognize the scam if you are unlucky enough to be exposed to one.
– We have had the banner for a long time as we continuously want to inform that BankID never sends SMS or calls users, she says and further explains how you can recognize the scam:
– It can look many different ways and changes all the time, but in summary it is always a “call” to do something such as call a phone number or click on a link.
In conclusion, Pataky tells us that fraudsters often contact you via numbers that look like any mobile number.
– Fraudsters often use so-called spoofing, i.e. hijacked numbers.
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The BankID app changes its appearance
In an attempt to make it easier for you as a user, they have now also chosen to redesign the app. This means that it will now be easier and clearer for you who sign or sign to know what and to whom you are signing.
The BankID app will have the following functions:
– The purpose is to further make it simpler and clearer for users and thus safer, Pataky has previously told Nyheter24.
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