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Warned: Financial experts uncover fraudulent phone calls. Avoid rip-offs now!
According to a report by Chip.de, fraudsters have recently developed a new scam to obtain sensitive data from their victims via telephone calls. The consumer advice center warns of this scam, in which the fraudsters pretend to be lawyers and give various reasons to obtain sensitive user data. These include, for example, alleged fee refunds from banks or savings banks, surveys, advice on reducing energy costs or changes to the law on life insurance. There are also fraudsters who offer alleged deletions from competition companies and charge a fee of 150 euros for this. The use of call ID spoofing is particularly perfidious, in which the real number is given to the person being called on the phone...
Warned: Financial experts uncover fraudulent phone calls. Avoid rip-offs now!
According to a report by Chip.de, fraudsters have recently developed a new scam to obtain sensitive data from their victims via telephone calls. The consumer advice center warns of this scam, in which the fraudsters pretend to be lawyers and give various reasons to obtain sensitive user data. These include, for example, alleged fee refunds from banks or savings banks, surveys, advice on reducing energy costs or changes to the law on life insurance. There are also fraudsters who offer alleged deletions from competition companies and charge a fee of 150 euros for this.
The use of call ID spoofing is particularly perfidious, in which the real number of the consumer advice center is displayed to the person being called on the telephone. This makes the calls appear even more credible. In some cases, the fraudsters have even threatened bank account seizures or legal proceedings to intimidate victims into paying.
The impact of this scam can be significant for the market and consumers. On the one hand, victims often lose large sums of money, as shown by the case of a senior citizen who paid around 16,000 euros to an alleged messenger from the consumer advice center. On the other hand, the increasing spread of such scams is leading to consumer uncertainty and a loss of trust in telephone communication. This can lead to people becoming more skeptical about calls from unknown numbers and, if in doubt, not answering at all, which also makes serious calls more difficult.
It is important that consumers are informed about this scam and aware of how scammers operate. You should never give out personal or banking information over the phone and, if in doubt, end the conversation. In the event of a suspicious call from alleged lawyers or other dubious claims, you should contact the consumer advice center or the police directly.
Source: According to a report by www.chip.de
Read the source article at www.chip.de