ING-DiBa-Phishing: With this scam, scammers want your money

• Your ING-DiBa data is the target of a current phishing scam.
• The pretext for the data theft is an account lock due to violation of the GDPR guidelines.
• You can see the stitch quite easily.

Phishing emails are in circulation every day, most of which are aimed at your bank details. Today, ING-DiBa customers are targeted by cybercriminals. You can already recognize the trap by the impersonal address “Dear one”.

In the text of the email, the scammers inform you that access to your bank account has allegedly been blocked. The reason for this is a violation of the new GDPR guidelines (General Data Protection Regulation). An annual comparison of your personal data is said to be necessary, which you have not yet complied with. In order to unlock your account, an immediate update and confirmation of your data is required.

You will be prompted to complete the necessary process via an attached link that says “legitimate now”. However, you should refrain from clicking on the link. As the consumer advice center reports, you will be directed to a fake site. All the requested data that you provide there will fall into the hands of the cyber criminals. This makes it easy for them to crack and plunder your account.

You can be sure that your bank would never ask for your personal data in this way. Phishing scammers like to use supposedly new guidelines, changes in the law or current political situations to unsettle you. Do not blindly believe these emails, but deal with them calmly, even if the scammers build up pressure. You can also protect yourself against such scams with an antivirus program.

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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