They don’t give up: scammers are constantly trying to use new methods to get money out of the pockets of innocent citizens. The latest telephone scam specifically targets savings bank customers. The savings bank is now warning of the calls.

Some calls can really cost money. But this does not only apply to expensive competitions or horoscope hotlines. The Sparkasse Duisburg is currently warning of fake calls with which Sparkasse customers are being duped in a very targeted manner.

Sparkasse warns of new telephone fraud

In urgent words, Sparkasse Duisburg warns of a new scam. (Image source: Sparkasse Duisburg)

The trick works like this: Fraudsters call Sparkasse customers and pretend to be employees of the security department of the Sparkasse Duisburg on the phone. The company is said to haveZando‘ Tried several times to debit larger sums of money from the customer’s account. To be on the safe side, the EC card magnetic strip checked become.

For this, the Sparkasse needs both an EC card and a PIN. The PIN is requested directly on the phone, a trainee will enter the number after the phone call Visit customers and collect the card for verification. Customers should then receive feedback the following day.

This is a scam!

According to Sparkasse Duisburg, employees do not ask customers for personal data – neither in person, by telephone or by e-mail. This applies in particular to PINs, TANs or passwords (source: Sparkasse Duisburg).

If you receive a call like this, you should hang up immediately.

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