Unfortunately, receiving fraudulent text messages, calls, or emails is more common than you might think. And phishing is something we have to be extremely careful about, especially because our personal information and banking details could be compromised.
One of the latest scams has to do with Bizum, the tool that allows us to transfer money to our contacts immediately or pay in establishments and websites. And a scam has come to light that consists of deceiving users through a text message and redirecting it to a website that clones the official Bizum site.
A fraudulent website that clones the official Bizum site
The Bizum team already warns that the fake website ‘is already in the process of closing’, remembering that its payment system only works through official channels. The scam begins with an SMS warning us that there has been ‘a payment attempt’ and that it needs our approval. To do this, they insist on clicking a link whose URL is ‘bizumsecurity.com‘. This website is totally fraudulent and clones the appearance of the official Bizum website, so we recommend not entering.
Fraudulent website that asks the user for their personal information. Image: Newtral
Let us remember that the official bizum website is ‘bizum.es‘, and furthermore, it is not a website that the user needs at all, since Payments are made through each bank’s applications. On the fraudulent website, they ask the user to write their personal information, including name, date of birth, address, zip code and city.
From the official Bizum website they will never ask us for our data, so we must be alert in this type of situation. And once the user has entered their data and chosen the bank to which they belong, The fraudulent website asks for ID and password to access the banking service of the user. 28 logos of banking entities appear on the website to appear to have greater credibility.
This is nothing more than another case of scam to try to obtain the user’s personal information through a very common means: SMS. No matter how much we remember it, it is worth insisting that We should never enter our personal information in text messages, calls or emails, not even through links received through these channels. Trust only verified websites and media and remember that your banking information should only be entered into official channels, such as bank apps or the websites of official banking entities.
At Genbeta we have warned on many occasions about all the most frequent scams, such as the hitman or pimp fraud, the ‘mail scam’ on WhatsApp, or ‘robocalls’, among many other frauds that can arise in our day and age. day.
Image | Yura Fresh
Via | Newtral
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