Expert warns of new fraud scheme

If during a call you are offered to install any application, you should refuse it and clarify the information in the bank yourself, as fraudsters can make a clone of a bank card to steal your savings. This was announced by Alexander Vurasko, development director of the service for monitoring external digital threats, on Monday, December 16.

Earlier it was reported that in Russia in November and December began to spread actively fraud scheme that allows you to create virtual clones of victims' bank cards with the help of spyware, reports NSN.

Fraudsters encourage victims to install malware under the guise of a cellular operator's mobile application and gain access to bank card data, which allows them to withdraw funds from ATMs and pay for purchases in stores with NFC terminals, RT reported.

Vurasco emphasized that under no circumstances should you pass any codes or install apps at the request of the person who called you.

"These are ironclad rules that should always be followed. If there is even a little doubt, it is better to go to the bank branch, explain the situation and ask for help to install the application. Nowadays, almost all bank offices do this. You can also safely drop a call and call back to the hotline of your cellular operator or bank to clarify the information," - said the expert in conversation with aif.ru.

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Earlier in the day reported in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies, that fraudsters have come up with a new scheme to steal accounts in Telegram, reports IA Regnum. Scammers use an old phishing pattern to gain access to the messenger, offering to subscribe to the channel marketplace, reports 360.ru.

Attackers offer to subscribe to the "official website" and "Telegram channel" of the marketplace specifically for entrepreneurs, using a fake domain, according to the website kp.ru.

On the same day, the head of the Department of information and public relations of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the capital Vladimir Vasenin reported to the agency of city news "Moscow" that the Moscow police detained a suspect in fraud against a 71-year-old woman.

Earlier, on November 17, Evgeny Pankov, project manager of the .RU/.RF domain coordination center, told Izvestia that there has been a steady increase in phishing attacks conducted via messengers, especially Telegram and WhatsApp (owned by Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia). According to him, 2,374 domains imitating Telegram were blocked in Runet in the first 10 months of this year, which is 2.2 times higher than the same period last year. For the second messenger, the number of blocked domains increased more than five times - from 205 to 1,036.