ING Bank has published an emergency notification that targets customers from all over Romania at the moment, and everyone should know about it now. We are talking about a very real danger that is brought to the attention of the Romanians and that can prove to be an extremely serious problem in the long term.
For some time now, ING Bank has been running a program through which it tries to teach customers from all over the country about the very serious dangers in the online environment. We are talking about the online frauds that have been taking place in increasing numbers in Romania for some time, and which are meant to leave people without money quickly.
The bank conceived this program in the form of an "anti-fraud horoscope" which it presents together with Neti Sandu, but also those from OLX, the platform at the center of problems of this kind. In the ING Bank website there is a variety of extremely important information about what online fraud means, and how we can protect ourselves.
ING Bank teaches you how to protect yourself from online fraud
ING Bank tells us about several types of online fraud, the first of which is the one that focuses on OLX and purchases made through the online classifieds website. There are some people who can contact us on OLX, ask us to chat with them on WhatsApp to buy something, and ask for card details to send the money, although you only need our IBAN and name.
Another very popular fraud for some time all over the world is based on sending SMS/emails with attachments infected with malware, or links to malicious websites. ING Bank recommends that we never access attachments from emails of this kind, nor websites, because we can wake up with infected devices.
ING Bank also talks about cloning websites, especially those of banks, to trick people into thinking they are logging into a bank's internet banking platform. When they try to do this, and enter their data into that website, they actually end up in the hackers' website, and they can use it to steal money.
OLX and ING Bank help you not to become a victim of hackers
Another method very often used by hackers is based on identity theft, be it that of a person or a bank/institution. This method, according to ING Bank, can be put into practice either by phone, SMS, email, or even on social networks with fake pages through which people are tricked into providing their personal data.
ING Bank and OLX also warn us about the applications and programs for phones and PCs, and this is because they can be infected with malware. We must not download software of this kind from unknown websites, especially when it comes to banking applications, because they can be infected and we give away our data immediately.
ING Bank recommends that if we think we are the victim of an attack of this kind, we immediately ask for help from the bank, then from the authorities. Although it is possible that sometimes the money lost in attacks of this kind cannot be recovered, it is important to ask for help to try to recover any lost amounts.
