More and more companies, banks and authorities are going out evenly and warns the public of fraud and attempts to deceive not bad people on assets. Not infrequently, the fraudster pretends to represent just a company, a bank or an authority in the hope of winning confidence and in the long run being able to get over money.
Recently, we have therefore seen a variety of authorities and companies warn the public to a plethora of various scams and bluffs.
Now another authority has come out with a sharp warning to the Swedish people.
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Police: Reported fraud decreased
At the end of 2024 let The police Fortunately, announce that the number of reported fraud offenses decreased.
In September 2024, the crime gains for telephone fraud, also known as VISHING, were SEK 30 million. It is a lot of money but it was nevertheless a decrease of 16 percent compared to the month before. In addition, there was a decrease of 52 percent compared to the same month the year before.
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Finansinspektionen warns of fraud
The warning issued on Monday, February 10 comes from the state authority Finansinspektionen, FI. Fraudsters are now contacting consumers and claims to represent the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, something they actually do not.
“We urge consumers to always be careful and vigilant when they are contacted,” Fi writes on their own website and then develops:
“The fraudsters make contact by phone or email. For example, they offer help with getting back money that the consumer has previously lost in an investment fraud or money that the consumer has in an alleged bank account ”.
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FI’s call: “No serious actors …”
Finansinspektionen urges you to never start BankID or use your bank box at someone else’s call.
The authority believes that neither the serious actors never urge you to use login information.
“No serious players will encourage you to use your login information in that way. It only makes fraudsters. Also, do not let someone you do not know remotely connect to your computer. If you suspect that you have been subjected to an investment fraud, you should always make a police report, ”they conclude on their homepage.
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