Parcel Scam: Be very careful with this scam that could cost you dearly!

crooks It can be very persuasive when it comes to deceive his victim. They are refining their techniques day by day, becoming more and more credible. those people Use multiple channels To contact you directly: SMS, Internet and Calls. They are everywhere. Obviously, ease your guard up a bit It can cost you dearly. This is what you will learn from the testimony of Etienne, a cautious person Still getting scammed.

Parcel fraud: a well-made system

Etienne didn’t think it He would cheat. 30-something comfortable with technology. He checks social media from time to time. He is also well versed in the techniques scammers use.

After several years, Learn to identify a scam. to temper nature Very careful, Etienne Always pay attention to the messages he receives. But the rest of this story proves that you can never be too careful with hackers.

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This one says soReceived a text message. This last one explains it His expulsion has been banned in customs. To fix the problem, he has to pay an additional fee. The scam is not new. In other circumstances, this guy He wasn’t going to take the message seriouslyFrom the first lines. But Etienne looked at its contents because he was really expecting an expulsion from Chronopost.

short message Does not contain any spelling errors Nor the syntax. He said this:

“CHRONOPOST: The last delivery was interrupted, the package is currently pending in the sorting center, to resolve this situation, please go to the site below: follow-your-colis-chronopost.com”.

Because of the professionalism of the letter, Etienne lowers his guard. He doesn’t even pay attention to the number he’s texting, which is 07. He clicks The link in the message He begins to doubt. The latter redirects it to a web page very similar to the Chronopost platform.

“I tell myself it looks authentic, so I fill in my details and immediately realize it is a scam.”

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After 5 minutes of operation, the 30-year-old realizes his mistake. he is He just gave his banking information to the hackers.

Correct reaction after suspected eviction scam

After providing his information, Etienne realized thisWas a victim of phishing. Immediately contact your bank. His gesture allowed him to limit the damage.

“As I understood that I was greeted by this SMS, I called my bank in the afternoon to see what I could do before the fraud reached my bank account,” he says.

The bank advises him to do so Lock your credit card Temporarily.

“This system temporarily blocks transactions over €100, all payments and online payments from abroad.”

24 hours later phishing attemptHe receives a call from an alleged banking advisor. This informs him that someone will try to use his credit card to make a payment from Morocco. Etienne almost answered his questions. But he notices it correctly The call will lure him into another trap.

The call that follows the packet scam message

The person on the phone identifies themselves as Banking Consultant Who works in the fraud department. Then it asks for an Etienne validation code. The thirty-year-old knew that his interlocutor was a collaborator of the intruders. In fact, this Read bank details which he had reported the day before.

“He tried to get my verification code by calling me, because he couldn’t validate the payment,” says Etienne.

but this time, This reacts the right way. He asks the phony advisor to call him back with Caisse d’Epargne and not 07. Obviously, this call will never happen.

Etienne immediately called his bank. The latter confirms thatNo counselor tried to reach him.

“The bank or the fraud prevention department never contacts the customer, it is up to us to report the fraud.”

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Etienne is now sure of that Hackers have his bank details. However, you will need theseVerification code to perform any operation the account.

“They won’t actually be able to take anything, but as a precaution, he advised me to object to getting a new bank card,” adds Etienne.