Here’s the new attack on customers

The rise in online payment practices has made taxpayers especially vulnerable. And Unicredit still ends up in the crosshairs of a phishing scam.

The more online transactions, the more fraud attempts. It’s not a rule and wouldn’t even theoretically be a normal thing. The problem is that the technological application, especially during lockdown, has greatly increased the use of online payment systems and at the same time exposed home banking pages to increasingly frequent attacks by cybercriminals. Even the best credit institutions, which in theory have the latest security systems, ended up in the hackers’ crosshairs. And with them the money of the account holders, particularly vulnerable When applying certain tricks. Big names like Unicredit, in recent months, have often dealt with cybercrime.

In fact, many phishing attempts have been reported by credit institution customers. More than anything else, these are messages via SMS (but also via e-mail) that invite you to perform certain operations posing as bank workers. The scheme is the classic scheme, that is Invitation to click a link And publicize their personal data to solve fake problems. A system that is ostensibly neutralable but, on the other hand, manages to implement the rip at a much wider frequency than you might think.

Phishing against Unicredit customers: How to recognize a scam

As mentioned, unfortunately the situation is not new to Unicredit. A few months ago, customers had already reported a suspicious message, with the usual reference to a link that, once opened, required the inclusion of sensitive data. Obviously, these are procedures that should not be followed at all. The same applies to the last message sent to the bank’s customers, where there is a fear of blocking an account and reporting a solution to solve the problem. Apparently, the reports could have come from all over Italy, which also makes the bank problem of national importance. Like other institutes, Unicredit has also introduced vademecum several times to avoid falling into the pitfalls of phishing. However, the whole scam was carried out several times.

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In the message, customers are “informed” about deactivating online transactions, including those related to credit cards and any other form of banking interaction. An obstacle that would jeopardize online credit card payments, as well as the possibility of receiving money. The “solution” is offered by the alleged administrators, with a useful link to open the account by confirming personal information. phone number for example, Plus a Unicredit membership code. By clicking on the link, in theory, you should get to the services area to perform the operation. There is nothing more wrong: not only does there not be such a problem but entering data on a fake portal means handing it over to the scammers. To whom they will practically give their money. The only thing to do is send the email in the trash and call the bank, without clicking anything.