Cyber criminals want to steal your Postbank data. To do this, they use a phishing email with the subject “Confirm your account”.
- A phishing email will ask you to confirm your Postbank account.
- Cyber criminals want to get your data and misuse it.
- Do not click on the link and ignore the mail.
Bank accounts are one of the most popular targets for phishing emails. Again and again criminals try to elicit important data from you in this way. The current target is Postbank customers. You can recognize the fake by the subject “Confirm your account”.
In the said message you will be asked to confirm your Postbank data. Allegedly, your account has already been blocked and will not be unblocked until you comply with the scammers’ demands. The confirmation should be via a link that says “Confirm your account”. According to the consumer center, however, this leads to a dangerous side. Any data you give there will fall into the hands of scammers.
Under no circumstances should you open the link and provide any data. Everything is fine with your account. The e-mail quickly turns out to be a fake due to missing salutations and various spelling mistakes. If you have been taken in by the criminals, you should contact your contact person or the Postbank hotline immediately to prevent misuse of your account.
Simple signs: This is how you recognize every phishing email
A first indication that you have received a phishing email: the email will ask you to confirm personal data or to enter it on a website. This Under no circumstances should you comply with the request. In addition, criminals often use the official logos of the companies they are copying in their emails, but not official sender addresses.
If you find the sender suspicious, you should read the email twice. You will often find spelling mistakes or inconsistencies in German grammar. The attackers usually do not write their emails themselves, but instead use automatically generated messages or translate known emails with a translation program. But why all the effort?
What do criminals achieve with phishing attacks?
Phishing is used on the Internet to collect real user data. Money can be made with these if e-mail addresses, names and other information are sold for advertising purposes or passed on in criminal forums. With the data obtained, cyber criminals can also address future phishing attacks in a more targeted manner, making their attacks more effective.
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Attachments and links contained in malicious e-mails also often inject malware or viruses onto your computer. In addition, you should not simply ignore suspicious emails. Forward them to the above email address and help us report future phishing attacks.
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