Recently, it has become more and more common for fraudsters to try to trick people in order to get hold of their money.
There are different approaches to trying to trick you. The fraudster may pretend to be a representative from a company, an authority or your bank and thus gain trust in a cunning attempt to get you to divulge sensitive information or transfer money.
Woman cheated by the “Postcode Lottery”
The latest in the line of all fraud attempts being carried out is that they pretend to be the Postcode Lottery.
A woman was called and informed that she had won thousands of kroner, whereupon she needed to provide bank details for the money to be paid out.
She sensed confusion and it wasn’t until after the information was given that she understood it was a scam.
Should you fall victim to the same fraud attempt, you should, according to the police, hang up the phone and call the Postcode Lottery back. That way, you’ll find out if they were the ones who called. If not, it was a scammer.
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In 2023, 238,371 fraud crimes were reported, which was an increase of as much as 22 percent. During that period it was estimated, according to crime-preventing counsel (BRÅ), that the proceeds of crime were calculated at SEK 7.5 billion.
Another common approach when the fraudster is looking for other people’s money is to send so-called scam text messages asking you to click on a link or contact the “company” they pretend to be.
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Photo: Martina Holmberg / TTApple’s warning to users
The site Computer Sweden now goes out and warns all those who use the iPhone as a new scam SMS is circulating to users of such a phone.
The mailings, which have become increasingly common, are said to come from iCloud where users are asked to click on a link. However, this link goes to a fake page where you are asked to update your account, and thus give out sensitive information that the fraudster can use.
This has now meant that Apple has updated its support page where advice is requested to be followed to reduce the risk of being scammed.
Here’s how you can identify a hoax text message according to Apple:
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