Scammers have found a new way to deceive Russians by using video calls via instant messengers. newspaper reports “News” With reference to VTB.
VTB Senior Vice President Nikita Chugunov said that the attackers called citizens and pretended to be bank employees, if the interlocutor did not believe them, they made a second call, but already through a video link showing the service from a bank office.
When the recipients of such a call are left in no doubt, scammers persuade them to take a loan, change their trusted phone number, transfer money to a “secure account”, update a banking application or download remote access tools to check its functioning. As a result, they ask for SMS codes for various excuses to access the client’s personal account.
As Chugunov emphasized, today instant messengers have become the main channel of activity of scammers, the share of calls to them has increased since the beginning of the year, reaching 64%, surpassing phone attacks. He warned that in addition to personal information, criminals could also use photos and videos of customers.
Lyudmila Nefedova, head of the press service of the Moscow prosecutor’s office, reminded that it is impossible to provide personal and financial data to foreigners, no matter who they appear, including bank card data, secret codes received via SMS.
It was previously reported that there were scammers. become lure Russians’ bank information through instant messengers.