The consumer advice center has warned of fake emails in the name of the Sparkasse. You should know this about these and other fake emails.
- The consumer advice center warns of phishing emails that are allegedly from the Sparkasse .
- Behind it were fraudsters who want to get customer data, the warning.
- Fraudulent emails have recently also been sent on behalf of the online payment service Paypal .
Phishing emails: Sparkasse continues to be the main target of fraudsters
The savings bank is, according to the Consumer remains the main goal of so-called phishing fraudsters . The problem with such scam emails * is that they look deceptively real at first glance. In the case of such fraud emails, the fraudsters write emails on behalf of banks * or companies, which however do not originate from them.
On May 15, consumer advocates now informed that shortly before the weekend some emails were circulating that use the Corona virus * as an excuse to get sensitive information from consumers. The most recent mail of this type was addressed to Sparkasse customers, the warning on verbraucherzentrale.de. The scam works like this: Due to the currently unsafe situation, which was triggered by the new Corona virus, the "Sparkasse" asks its customers to use the online service more frequently for "financial matters".
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Consumer advice center warns of phishing emails - emails should be deleted
In this context, the recipients of the mail would be asked to check their data for correctness via the link and to update it if necessary. Otherwise, "the Sparkasse" can no longer guarantee the smooth processing of your inquiries, according to the fraud.
The consumer advice center explains: "Do not be fooled by the fairly serious presentation of this mail. In this case, too, it is a phishing attempt that is targeting your data, especially the login data for online banking. "
Her tip: "We therefore recommend moving these and similar emails to the digital trash unanswered ."
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Paypal and Sparkasse customers victims of phishing scams
Customers of other banks and companies are also victims of fraud emails. PayPal was also affected, the consumer advice center informed on May 18: "Last weekend we received a wave of phishing attempts aimed at customers of the online payment service PayPal." The authors of the wrong e-mails therefore pretend that a check and update of your customer data in the form of a data entry via link is pending. "We therefore advise you to delete such emails unanswered," is the tip from consumer advocates.
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