Transfer scams are on the increase during these summer holidays.

The Ministry of the Interior has already registered more than 300 complaints for fraudulent fund transfers, particularly in seasonal rental situations,

RTL

reported on Sunday.

In this scam, the scammers impersonate the owner or manager.

While the customer exchanges with the rental company and the latter communicates his bank details to him to proceed with the payment, the hackers take control of the owner's mailbox.

Sums that disappear immediately

The scammers then delete the email sent and substitute another message containing their own bank details.

Both tenant and owner do not realize anything, and the money is paid by the customer, without his knowledge, into the fraudulent account.

The scheme is usually discovered a few days later, when the owner worries that he hasn't received the money.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to obtain a refund from your bank in this type of situation.

Indeed, as soon as the money arrives in the scammer's account, the latter immediately moves it to another bank, thus making the transaction untraceable.

When 24 hours have passed, there is no hope of canceling the transfer and recovering its money, note

BFMTV

.

In addition, hackers often use bank details from countries outside the European Union to further confuse the issue.

There is only one solution to avoid being a victim of the transfer scam: be very vigilant, by communicating only by telephone with the rental company or by scrupulously checking the contact details of the RIB and email address before proceeding with the transfer.

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