Nasty scam in circulation: Numerous ING and Sparkasse customers affected. Nasty scam has been in circulation since the end of January and works for customers of the two banks in almost the same, rather insidious way.

Scam emails put pressure on customers - this is where the danger lurks. In this way, the perpetrators obtain the consumers' login data, which they then use for real online banking. In December, the savings bank ING warned of a phishing email with the subject “Approval procedure invalid - action required”