At the turn of the year, system changes are pending at Postbank. Fraudsters take advantage of this and want to elicit sensitive data from you with phishing emails.
You can recognize this Postbank phishing mail by the missing salutation. (Source: Postbank)
- Large-scale system changes are currently being carried out at Postbank.
- Fraudsters take advantage of this fact and want to lure you into a phishing trap.
- Don’t follow the requirements blindly.
A new year means many adjustments, especially for banks. Postbank is also affected and has been making IT and system changes since December. Online banking, apps and ATMs may fail as a result. The uncertainty among customers at this time is a treat for phishing scammers who want to steal your bank details and plunder your account.
A concrete example of such a scam has been in circulation since the beginning of December. In the email, the criminals claim that Postbank’s BestSign app is being updated. A link will prompt you to perform the supposed upgrade. If you don’t do that, the Postbank ID would supposedly no longer be available to you. Of course, this statement only serves to put you under pressure.
In truth, clicking on the link will take you to a fake Postbank page that asks for bank details and personal information. Anything you disclose falls into the hands of scammers. So they can easily crack and loot your account.
You can recognize the phishing mail by the missing salutation. In addition, your bank would never request personal information from you in this way. You should move the email to the spam folder unanswered and under no circumstances click on the link. The Postbank states that if in doubt, you can find out about the authenticity of an email personally in a branch or in writing.
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