Scammers promising a big win will ask victims to transfer funds to their cards, supposedly to increase conversion rates. This is a report of the Department for organizing the fight against illegal use of information and communications technology of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The ministry added that to confirm its words, the scammers sent fake notifications from the banking app.
“It is important to understand that banks never ask customers to transfer funds to unblock transactions. All commissions and exchange rate differences are made automatically in the system and not through transfers to fraudulent cards,” the ministry said.
Cyber police emphasize that if a person is asked to make a transfer (no matter what it is called) to receive “winnings” or “investment income”, this is always a scam.
