ING-DiBa: “Banking to go procedure” turns out to be a phishing scam

• The customers of ING-DiBa AG are being targeted by a phishing scam.
• A new security procedure serves as a pretext to extract important data from you.
• Do not enter the requested data!

As a customer of ING-DiBa AG, you could currently be the victim of a phishing attack. Cyber ​​criminals contact you on behalf of the bank and send dangerous emails with the subject “Your online access is blocked”. With the well-known scam, the scammers want your money.

The e-mail claims that there has been a switch to the “banking to go procedure” and that you have to log in to your user account again. The supposed security process is to take place via an attached link with the inscription “Login and verify data”. The criminals also demand that you have your iTan list ready to confirm your identity.

Under no circumstances should you follow the instructions in the phishing email. The consumer advice center reports that the link takes you to a fake ING-DiBa page. The criminals can use all the data you enter there to crack your account. In the worst case, identity theft can occur.

Based on the impersonal salutation as well as spelling and grammatical errors, you can quickly identify the mail as a fake. We recommend that you ignore the message and move it to the spam folder.

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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