Deutsche Bank calls for data update: Do not believe this phishing mail

• Fraudsters send a phishing email on behalf of Deutsche Bank with which they want to steal your data.
• The excuse given is an update of your account information.
• The mail is easy to recognize as a fake, don’t fall for it.

If you have an account with Deutsche Bank, you are currently the target of a phishing attack. The criminals behind the scam want to elicit sensitive data from you with an email in order to be able to access your bank account. The text of the message was only recently used one-to-one in a Volksbank phishing email. In addition, you can recognize the fake by the impersonal salutation and on closer inspection you will notice that the Deutsche Bank logo was inserted poorly.

In order to lure you into the trap, the cyber criminals claim that you need to activate a new web security system and update your account information. Otherwise your online banking would no longer function normally. You will be guided to the supposedly necessary process via a link.

If you click on the link, you will be taken to a Deutsche Bank fake page, according to the consumer advice center. The data you provide there falls directly into the hands of scammers.

Under no circumstances should you follow the demands in the mail. Our advice: Move the message to the spam folder without reply and protect yourself with an antivirus program in the future.

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.

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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