“Dear customer, we have an anomaly on your account, please click on the following link …”. It is the message that dozens of people have received in these hours through a text message or a whatsapp message on their phone.
This is obviously a scam, the message should not be taken into consideration who receives it will not have to click on the link he receives. To warn customers, but not only, also Poste Italiane which has created an ad hoc section on its website. “Beware of the scams of fake Poste call center operators! – reads – Poste and PostePay never ask for your access credentials and security codes through links sent via SMS or over the phone, nor to install APP as a security tool “.
How to defend yourself from online and in-app scams
On the Poste website, in addition to the different types of scams that can be incurred, a real manual of rules is also provided to be adopted to avoid trouble and lose money. The greatest risks are linked to attempts by the parties to steal confidential payment card data, user account numbers, passwords, access codes.
How to defend yourself from online scams
Poste Italiane and PostePay, as well as other credit institutions, financial institutions or credit card managers, never ask for confidential data through e-mails, text messages, social network chats, call center operators. If someone, even presenting themselves as a post office operator, were to ask for this information, you can be sure that it is…
