Another big scam on people! Slovakia is flooded with fake SMS: Clients of THESE two banks – Topky – should be very careful

The police warned of the case, saying that they received dozens of messages in which people themselves informed them that they had received an SMS alleging that they had sent it from the bank and in the text asking them to click on the attached link in order to prevent the account from being blocked.

However, banks do not send such messages. After redirecting to a fake site that mimics the look of real Internet banking or another site, you will be required to enter your login details and password, or your credit card information. In this way, fraudsters then gain access to access or other private data without the aggrieved client knowing it and can turn him over for money.

ESET pointed out that the campaigns captured by their researchers are aimed at Fio banka and Prima Banka’s customers, as the reports directly refer to them. However, the attackers send them widely, so users who have never had accounts in the given financial institutions also receive messages on their mobile phones. “The page the victim reaches looks almost indistinguishable from the original, but differs in the URL where the dots are replaced by hyphens, or the address contains words like verification, suspended or secured. In addition, these phishing sites do not have an encryption certificate, so other attackers may also be able to access the data. “ explained ESET’s digital security specialist Ondrej Kubovič.

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The credibility of these messages may be enhanced in some people by the fact that they are sent from a phone number, which some phones automatically classify as “Info” or “InfoSMS”. For example, messages after the purchase of a motorway stamp or information from some state authorities can also belong to the same group. However, there are also phones that can correctly identify these spam messages and categorize them as spam.

“People should pay more attention to incoming text messages, because unlike email, for example, we tend to open every single one. At the same time, their security standard is significantly lower compared to the most common chat services,” said Kubovic.

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The banks themselves also warn clients

Fio Banka also warns against a fraudulent campaign. “In recent days, there have been several different phishing attacks that try to obtain your sensitive data or, with your help, activate the Smartbanking mobile application, from which the fraudster would subsequently steal your money.” warned. They warned their clients before texting, e-mails but also by pay phone calls.

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Prima Banka also issued a notice that it never asks its clients to enter login details or other personal data or verify them via e-mail, SMS messages or in any other way. “Please always log in to electronic banking exclusively via the secure web address www.primabanka.sk and do not provide your electronic banking login data to anyone,” they would.