RCIPS warn of scam calls from bogus bank fraud unit
(CNS): RCIPS has received reports that local banking customers have received calls from overseas numbers from individuals claiming to be from their bank’s ’Fraud Unit’. The customer is informed that there are suspicious purchases on their account, and then sent a link to review the purchases. The link, when clicked, gives the caller access to the customer’s computer.
Police advise people to always be vigilant and never provide any personal banking details over the phone or click links provided by anyone claiming to be from your bank.
Anyone who receives such a call should contact their bank for confirmation of the claims being made before taking further action.
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It has gotten so bad with the phishing on emails that my Mother calls me to ask if I sent her an email… …. which … kind of negates the purpose of an email. She doesn’t open anything, except communications from places where she has placed orders, and only then if the subject references her order.
It’s a difficult time for our elderly. They didn’t grow up with this technology as we did. Maybe take a little extra time working with them, giving them assurance that we’re on it (but ONLY if you REALLY are ON it!)
Be on it. Someday you will be just as unsure, and wish for an angel.
I dearly wish we could set up a trap for these dirtbags and catch them and try and convict them. I think it’s possible that some of them actually originate within our borders.
Who has sold these foreign fraudsters our unlisted contact numbers lists? Isn’t that a GDPR issue that the RCIPS should also chase, or at least be wise to, and caution on penalties, if bothering to do a Press Release?
02 @ 2:31 pm – Who sold your number? Don’t you know that no activity on your phone or computer is totally private? It can all be tracked by those who know how and have the tools. Welcome to reality!
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I heard fraud unit and the accent and hung up so quick!