Russian banks revealed new types of fraud

Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Bank, said that fake Internet recruiting agencies that offer employment have become more active. An applicant should fill out a form with personal data. Then a letter arrives that he was hired, and he needs to transfer money for some equipment urgently. In the end, no money, no work.

VTB specialists reported cases of fraud when hackers place job ads and get access to mobile phones while communicating with candidates. Then, using remote access, hackers get to the client's personal account and can withdraw money.

Hackers are looking for candidates without experience, for example, for the position of mobile app tester. Those who responded to the ad, they are asked to pass testing and install remote access programs to their computer or smartphone for control. Fraudsters can use them to log in to their personal account and withdraw funds.

The VAT refund scheme is also gaining popularity among fraudsters. Attackers publish videos on the Internet with a proposal to refund value-added tax to all Russians left without income. In this scheme, customers click on a fraudulent link from the description to the video and independently perform expense transactions, which leads to a loss of money.

"Internet companies began to actively appear that offer customers to take advantage of the volatility of cryptocurrencies and promise a large profit," said Kuznetsov about another scheme.

Finally, financial fraudsters copy popular initiatives of well-known brands and companies to attract their victims, using hashtags of the period of self-isolation, for example, #stayhome and offer to participate in the campaign to get three thousand rubles ($42). For this, it is allegedly necessary to provide card data and a one-time SMS password.

It is worth adding, according to the international company Group-IB, using the remote access program TeamViewer, fraudsters steal from the clients of large banks on average from 6 million to 10 million rubles per month ($84,000 - 140,000).

source https://www.ehackingnews.com/2020/05/russian-banks-revealed-new-types-of.html

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