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19-07-2022, 09:35 PM
Radio Sintonia:
The Civil Guard clarifies a crime of fraud of 5,200 euros in the PHISHING modality on the island of Fuerteventura.
The Team of the island of Fuerteventura, within the framework of the investigation "Racoll", has identified on July 13 a person resident in the province of Girona, 22 years old and without a Police record for the alleged authorship of a crime of fraud, having made two purchases through the Internet with a bank card in the name of the victim, by subtracting your access codes to Online Banking.
Initiation of investigations
The Civil Guard was aware as a result of the complaint filed by a person in dependencies of the Main Post of Corralejo, in which the victim communicates that they had used their bank keys to obtain their card data and make two online purchases.
Likewise, the victim received through SMS fraudulently a link where a web page identical to that of his bank was shown, being nevertheless a page prepared by the fraudsters, under the pretext that his bank account had been blocked for security, and that it was necessary to enter his bank details to solve such a situation. Given this premise and when entering his access codes, the alleged author seized his data, thus obtaining access to his online Banking from where he used his bank card to make two purchases of cryptocurrencies in favor of the author of the facts,
worth 5,200 euros.
Research and identification
The Equipo@ in the exercise of its specific functions in the field of Cybercrime, collected all the data on the Events that occurred, realizing that the alleged fraudster had made two purchases of cryptocurrency, using the victim's bank card without the victim's authorization.
Procedure of this scam called PHISHING
To obtain the keys, the alleged scammer would have committed the scam using the PHISHING modality, which consists of deceiving the victim and making him share passwords, credit card numbers, and other confidential information by posing as a trusted person or institution, as in this case by his own bank.
The means normally used by fraudsters are usually the sending of emails, winning premise announcements, SMS messages or other means in which a link is sent to the victim after which he redirects to a website prepared by the criminals - which imitates that of the legitimate company - and in which the victim is invited to enter his personal data, either for reasons of security, payment of fees, collection of prizes or any other pretext, to which the victims access.
In this type of scam, attempts are always made to nullify the common sense of the victims by adding the factor "psychological pressure", either under the pretext of blocking bank accounts, deliveries of urgent packages or threats of fines or sanctions. Once they access this link, the victims observe a web page that is apparently legitimate, in which they are requested to enter their personal account, personal / Banking data and passwords, to which the victims, deceived, give said data, being at that moment when the scammers obtain the necessary data to make massive purchases before the scam is discovered.
The Civil Guard clarifies a crime of fraud of 5,200 euros in the PHISHING modality on the island of Fuerteventura.
The Team of the island of Fuerteventura, within the framework of the investigation "Racoll", has identified on July 13 a person resident in the province of Girona, 22 years old and without a Police record for the alleged authorship of a crime of fraud, having made two purchases through the Internet with a bank card in the name of the victim, by subtracting your access codes to Online Banking.
Initiation of investigations
The Civil Guard was aware as a result of the complaint filed by a person in dependencies of the Main Post of Corralejo, in which the victim communicates that they had used their bank keys to obtain their card data and make two online purchases.
Likewise, the victim received through SMS fraudulently a link where a web page identical to that of his bank was shown, being nevertheless a page prepared by the fraudsters, under the pretext that his bank account had been blocked for security, and that it was necessary to enter his bank details to solve such a situation. Given this premise and when entering his access codes, the alleged author seized his data, thus obtaining access to his online Banking from where he used his bank card to make two purchases of cryptocurrencies in favor of the author of the facts,
worth 5,200 euros.
Research and identification
The Equipo@ in the exercise of its specific functions in the field of Cybercrime, collected all the data on the Events that occurred, realizing that the alleged fraudster had made two purchases of cryptocurrency, using the victim's bank card without the victim's authorization.
Procedure of this scam called PHISHING
To obtain the keys, the alleged scammer would have committed the scam using the PHISHING modality, which consists of deceiving the victim and making him share passwords, credit card numbers, and other confidential information by posing as a trusted person or institution, as in this case by his own bank.
The means normally used by fraudsters are usually the sending of emails, winning premise announcements, SMS messages or other means in which a link is sent to the victim after which he redirects to a website prepared by the criminals - which imitates that of the legitimate company - and in which the victim is invited to enter his personal data, either for reasons of security, payment of fees, collection of prizes or any other pretext, to which the victims access.
In this type of scam, attempts are always made to nullify the common sense of the victims by adding the factor "psychological pressure", either under the pretext of blocking bank accounts, deliveries of urgent packages or threats of fines or sanctions. Once they access this link, the victims observe a web page that is apparently legitimate, in which they are requested to enter their personal account, personal / Banking data and passwords, to which the victims, deceived, give said data, being at that moment when the scammers obtain the necessary data to make massive purchases before the scam is discovered.