Postbank phishing: BestSign app needs an update

• Fraudsters want to get your Postbank data with a phishing email.
• Updating the BestSign app serves as an excuse.
• The fraud attempt can be recognized quickly but is still dangerous.

Cyber ​​criminals are currently trying to fool Postbank customers with phishing emails. As always, the goal is your personal data and account information. To lure you into the trap, scammers claim that the BestSign app is expired and needs to be updated.

So that you can safely use your online banking again, you supposedly have to click on a link in the mail. However, this does not lead to an official Postbank website, but to a fake website, as reported by the consumer advice center. If you enter the required data there, the scammers can easily gain access to your account.

You should therefore under no circumstances click on the link. Your bank would never request sensitive data in this way. Not only this fact exposes the message as a phishing mail, but also the impersonal form of address and the dubious presentation. If you move the email to the spam folder without reply, you can’t do anything wrong.

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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