Fraud with the Money Laundering Act: Landesbank Berlin allegedly calls for data comparison

• Landesbank Berlin’s customers are the target of cybercriminals.
• They use a phishing scam in which they call for data comparison.
• Do not respond to the demands and delete the mail.

In phishing emails, criminals like to make use of supposed changes in the law. This is also the case in a current message sent on behalf of Landesbank Berlin. The scammers claim that the bank is obliged to regularly check your data due to the Money Laundering Act.

Via a link with the inscription “Verify stored data” you should check your personal information and update it if necessary. However, we strongly advise against clicking on the link. According to the consumer center, this leads to a dangerous website. If you enter your data there, it will fall directly into the hands of the criminals.

You can quickly identify the mail as a fake due to numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes. Under no circumstances give your data and simply delete the e-mail. If you fell for the scam, you should contact LBB customer support immediately or get in touch with your contact person.

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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