New Virtual Scam: Steal Card Data with a Card

It is a new trap used by fraudsters to access the bank accounts of their victims, via the least expected place: Google Maps. How to protect yourself from the new strategy.

A new bank scam arrives by the least expected place: Google Maps. Cyber ​​criminals take advantage of the editing feature to change bank details and create confusion for customers.

Once the contact data has been changed, banking customers who rely on the information they can find on Google Maps feel they are talking to their representatives when they call. Fraudsters take advantage of these moments to extract private financial data that they will then use to clear their accounts.

According to the complaint, the recorded cases allegedly occurred in India. Maharashtra police have issued a warning about this new type of scam after receiving several complaints over the past month, according to local newspaper "The Hindu". The site "Business Insider" explains that despite this, nothing prevents the same thing to happen in other parts of the world.

When contacted by "The Hindu", a Google spokesman said "that in general, allowing users to suggest changes provides complete and up-to-date information, but we recognize that". there may be occasional inaccuracies or incorrect editions, and when that happens, we make every effort to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. "

The regulatory body issued a resolution in the Official Journal stating that data loading was activated.

To avoid this type of problem, it is better to take data from the official and verified sites of each bank.

Source: (Information Technology) EB