A loan company warns its customers of fraudsters who contact their victims via SMS.
Despite progress in police work towards fraud, warnings continue to be in from companies, organizations and banks. Because of this, the police have in several rounds come out with advice on how to proceed to avoid being deceived.
So can you avoid being fooled
On its homepage List the three general tricks to follow to avoid being deceived by fraudsters who contact one via telephone call or SMS.
Skandia’s customers exposed
The latest in the line of trademarks to be used in fraud was the bank Skandia.
“Right now, fraud attempts are underway via SMS where the fraudsters claim that a debit card has been added to a virtual wallet on a new unit,” they write in a warning on their website.
The loan company Sambla warns of fraudsters
Now the loan company Sambla warns of fraudsters. Right now, a text message is circulating that looks to come from Sambla and where it says that a loan application is completed, something that is not right. It was the newspaper Advice and findings First to rewrite.
“Your loan application is now completed. Payment is made to the specified account next weekday”, you can read in the text.
The message also contains a number for a “customer service” and that is if you call this number that the fraud can begin. Then a fraudster responds who can try to deceive one of one’s bank details.
How do you report the fraud attempt
Sambla urges those who get a scams-SMS to report it to the number 7726, a number provided to all major mobile operators’ customers.
By forwarding the text message to 7726, the mobile operators can block the number and thus prevent it from sending out more bluff SMS.