For further information see: https://www.ncsc.admin.ch/ncsc/en/home/aktuell/im-fokus/2023/wochenrueckblick_14.html
]]>This is what you can do against social engineering:
# Do not click on links in emails, and do not open attachments.
# Visit only trustworthy websites (https://).
# Buy only from trustworthy retailers: “trusted shops”.
# Never give out personal data readily or to strangers.
# Never pass texted access codes on to third parties.
In reality however the code is used to verify a payment. The fraudsters can use it instantly in the background to make a purchase or debit money from the credit or debit card.
So take care: Never pass on a code. Your credit or debit card provider and your bank will never ask you for a verification code in such a way.
]]>#watchout: How to protect yourself against card fraud on the internet!
Source: ebas.ch
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]]>Police tips for the general public:
If you don't get any money/cash from an ATM or cashpoint machine and an error message appears, do not move away from the dispenser under any circumstances. Ask someone else to report the malfunction and call the Police on the emergency number 117.
Click here for the Zurich City Police press release.
]]>One common trick used by the fraudsters is described below. Once they have watched their victim enter his or her PIN, they then barge into them so they drop their card. They pick it up for them, swapping it for another one unnoticed and give their victim the wrong card back. It is only much later, like this woman, that the victim notices the card isn't hers. In the meantime the criminals have gained ready access to the victim's account.
For this reason it is important to be careful when using your PIN and always make sure no-one can see it. Also, when withdrawing money or paying by card, don't let yourself be distracted and always be suspicious if anyone comes too near.
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