Scammers are calling from the Bank offer and demand from customers card details : Crime news : Vladim

News 19 January, 2018

Phone scammers trying to learn a new extortion scheme. Using virtual PBX, they call Bank clientele most large organizations and trying to find out from them the login and password card. The strange thing is that some users agree, despite constant alerts Bank employees that the Bank will never ask you personal data, especially sensitive.

 

For example, representatives of “Beeline” confirmed that such a scheme exists and damage across Russia from it exceeded already, at least 30 million rubles, and among the victims for thousands of people.
Schemers are making the purchase from the mobile operator virtual PBX. They work on the basis of the existing network and allow you to create a workspace anywhere in the world. Monthly service to get around about 3 thousand rubles.

Scammers, as a result, make cloud PBX on a disposable SIM card. Following this, they change the number of the own station and under the guise of the Bank’s employees start calling the clients of the credit institution, trying to figure out the data cards. The calculation is not far at all, and some clients who accept and transmit your information.

Citizens report card numbers, passwords and access codes, as it is known, all that is needed in order to conduct card operation, “- said the representative of the Zecurion analytical center Vladimir Ulyanov.

Such a fraudulent scheme, in recent times, is gaining momentum. Despite the fact that the overall financial literacy of the population grows, but most forget about all the security warnings when they receive a call from a “Bank”.