The forgotten phone scam in the style of “bank security service” is back…

The once forgotten telephone fraud in the “bank security service” style is again gaining momentum – as Sberbank noted, in the third quarter the number of fraudulent calls returned to the level of February of this year.

At the same time, targets for attacks steel legal entitieslarge Russian financial institutions record about 100 thousand such attacks every day, the schemes remain approximately the same.

“Fraud schemes have not changed. An interesting thing: the latest trend that we see how criminals are beginning to explore and use is an attack on a legal entity through telephone fraud. That is, under the influence of social engineering, an accountant makes a transfer or withdraws money and transfers it to the scammers,” – noted Sergei Veligodsky, head of Sberbank’s cyber fraud department.

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And, which will surprise no one, most of the calls are made from the territory of Ukraine, which is why February of this year becomes the “reference point” and comparison. The number of fraudulent attacks began to grow in June, but now their focus has shifted from individuals to Russian companies.