Phone call leads woman to lose almost 4 thousand euros
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Recently, in Portugal, a woman lost almost 4 thousand euros because of a computer scam. Find out what happened.
Woman revealed that she lost almost 4 thousand euros because of the "phone call"
A woman revealed that she lost almost 4 million euros from her bank account, after answering a phone call that was supposed to be from her bank (Crédito Agrícola), but which in fact was not.
Someone on behalf of Crédito Agrícola was calling me to ask if I was doing the bank download at that time, and I said there was no bank transfer at that time. It explains to me that I would have to urgently enter my account to cancel, and my account to cancel, since the original was being used by someone
Explains the injured woman, victim of a scam phishing.
Thinking that if smart of the informed data of a woman from the bank entered the link sent and as instructions from the instructors. Once they had access to their account, after the pirates got their access data, they were two transfers made for a total amount of 3,698 euros.
According to the woman, scammers knew your mobile number, personal membership number, multichannel key and mobile phone messages were authenticated by the bank.
The bank immediately detected that it was a scam, and knows the name of the recipient of the transfers – “Kayo Moreira da Silva” – as well as his IBAN and the details of the accounts where the money was then moved.
The criminal complaint against the woman, the police have already filed several years, an exhibition in Crédito Agrícola, several years ago.