“His account was hacked”. Thus begins the new fraud informatics that using the technique of “Caller ID Spoofing” drains the bank account of the victim on duty.
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Computer fraud, the discovery of the Gesualdo carabinieri
They discovered it police di Gesualdo, in the province of Avellino, who have reported a girl di 20 years and a 40enne, both residents in the province of Napoli, to cyber fraud in competition.
Here's the method scammers use
The scammers call from a “copied” number of the bank’s switchboard and, pretending to be an employee, inform the victim that his or her account has been hacked.
At this point they inform the victim that he must take immediate action to shift il money with a transfer on a checking account indicated by them. In this way they appropriated two thousand euros that the account holder had in the bank.
Article published on 11 February 2023 - 11:30
