Net banking deposits targeted for fraudulent remittance Last month was the worst ever on December 19 at 10:49
Damage caused by unauthorized transfer of deposits from an Internet banking account to another account has increased rapidly, and the amount of damage has risen to more than 770 million yen last month alone. The National Police Agency and others are calling for attention as a critical situation.
According to the National Police Agency, the damage targeted for Internet banking deposits was around 50 per month even in the first half of the year, but it has increased rapidly since September.
The damage is
▽ 408 million yen in 441 cases in September,
▽ 519 million yen for 397 cases in October,
▽ Last month, it was 773 million yen with 573 cases, and the number of cases and the amount of damage were the highest since 2012 when we started collecting statistics.
In many cases, e-mail arrives on a mobile phone or personal computer pretending to be a financial institution, and is directed to a "fake site" that looks like a real one, and IDs and passwords are stolen. Thing.
Because the financial institution will not ask for information about the account by e-mail etc., the National Police Agency is calling on the official website and application of the financial institution to use it without opening suspicious e-mail etc. .