More and more Swedes fall prey to telephone fraudsters and are cheated of large sums of money.
Last year, telephone fraud increased by 36 percent, and the criminal profit from it was estimated to amount to around SEK 700 million, according to statistics from The police.
Many companies have therefore gone out and warned of fraudsters, which News24 reported on:
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Svea Banka warns customers about fraudsters
A common approach is for the crime victim to be tricked into giving the code to their BankID, or to wire a large amount of money.
Therefore, Svea Bank recently issued a warning to fraudsters and urged caution with BankID.
“Currently, we see a marked increase in fraudsters who give the appearance of representing Svea Bank, Svea Inkasso or other Svea-sounding businesses.” writes Svea Bank on its website.
And gives four prompts to customers:
Do you have this mobile phone? Then you should not use BankID