VTB has announced a new scam scheme to gain access to a customer’s online bank. In this respect DEA News said the bank’s press service.
It has been noted that there has been an increase in the activity of scammers who inform customers about the blocking of an online bank account.
“According to VTB, the attackers are looking for bank customers on behalf of contact center employees,” the organization added.
The bank noted that scammers called customers and asked for a password from an SMS message, which supposedly will help restore the service.
“So they are trying to break into the account or complete and approve an online loan application and withdraw funds to their account,” the press service said.
VTB Vice President Olga Tsegelnaya said that with such a call, you should immediately hang up and contact the bank through official channels to clarify the information.
It was previously reported that there were scammers. kidnapped At the Dean of the Medical University named after NI. 500 thousand rubles to Pirogov. An employee of the university received a phone call from an unidentified person who introduced himself as a Ministry of Health employee. The scammers began to threaten with dismissal and asked the woman to transfer 700 thousand rubles to them. for the development of the Institute.