Is it really your bank on the phone?
We’ve all received SMS messages and phone calls from a fraudster pretending to be someone we trust. Almost £100 million was lost to impersonation frauds in the last year alone.
Safe Account Frauds
What are they?
Is it really your bank on the phone?
We’ve all received SMS messages and phone calls from a fraudster pretending to be someone we trust. Almost £100 million was lost to impersonation frauds in the last year alone.
No legitimate organisation will ever make you send your money elsewhere to keep it safe. But a common tactic used by fraudmers is to convince you to move your money to a ‘safe account’. By telling you your funds are under threat, the fraudsters try to create a sense of urgency. Yet no matter how much they seem to know about your account, you should just hang up and call the bank on the number found on the back of your card.
No legitimate organisation will ever make you send your money elsewhere to keep it safe. But a common tactic used by fraudmers is to convince you to move your money to a ‘safe account’. By telling you your funds are under threat, the fraudsters try to create a sense of urgency. Yet no matter how much they seem to know about your account, you should just hang up and call the bank on the number found on the back of your card.
