The State Police still receives information from residents that unknown persons are calling and trying to lure out their online banking and payment card access data. . The current fraud case occurred in Vidzeme, where 1300 eiro had been deceived at the beginning of the week, August 17. . State police are calling on residents to be careful in and not to engage in questionable deals under any circumstances. . To keep track of what is happening in the account and respond immediately to fraudulent practices, the police recommend using statements of outgoing payments to a mobile app or SMS bank.
At the beginning of the week, a resident of Vidzeme had placed a job search advertisement on the Internet, which was referred to by a person who called the bank Citadele security officer. . As if checking a woman's identity, the person asked for a woman's internet banking access data s. Unfortunately, in this case, the woman fell into the trap of a fraudster and was cheated. . Criminal proceedings have been initiated in the police.
The aim of these fraudsters is to obtain other persons' electronic means of payment data, as well as internet banking access data for authentication, so that, later, money is transferred from a personal account to foreign accounts that are very difficult to track.
It is important to remember that bank employees will not call in any way and will not ask the customer to disclose their own internet banking access data remotely – number, payment card details (card number and CVC code on the back of the card), PIN code, and other sensitive information.
If you receive a call from a phone number with Latvian numbering, it does not mean that the caller is in the territory of our country. When assessing cases, the law guards have concluded that these fraudsters are mostly speaking Russian and probably not from Latvia. . The best way to identify a fraudster is to speak the official language. If such a suspicious call is received, contact the bank immediately . Similarly, in cases where a similar request is called, the police should be clearly informed by recording the phone number from which the call was received.
In order to keep track of what is happening in the account and to respond promptly to fraudulent practices, the police recommend the use of statements of outgoing payments in the mobile app or SMS bank.
State police call on residents to be careful and in no case entrust their personal data to other people. . The law guards also ask no one to disclose their Internet bank password and access codes, and not to send such data in an electronic letter.. The most common cases are due to overconfidence and carelessness of people. State police remind residents to be careful and not to engage in questionable deals.