Residents flooded the bank with requests to block cards – they fell into the traps of fraudsters Business

The messages claim that the recipient’s address or postal code is incorrect or does not exist at all. Some messages threaten that recipients will suffer losses if they do not take the indicated actions, and also urge them to take those actions as soon as possible.

If bank card details are compromised, criminals immediately try to use them and initiate payment transactions. Residents often notice transactions initiated on Chinese online store sites.

On Wednesday, March 27, the same thing happened to Alytiska, who received an SMS message on her mobile phone with a link from Lithuanian Post regarding problems with sending the package. After clicking on the link, the woman entered the requested data and 337.77 euros were deducted from her bank account, according to the police summary.

“We drew attention to these cases because in recent days, our customer service center has received a particularly high number of calls with requests to block customers’ payment cards.

The number of calls received per day is counted in dozens,” says Linas Sadeckas, head of Luminor Bank’s fraud risk management department.

Residents who received a suspicious SMS message are asked not to provide any payment card details and not to make any payments. If, however, you clicked on the link and entered your payment card details, you must immediately contact your bank, and if you are injured, contact the police.

A few things to remember to protect yourself from the scams that are rampant these days:

• don’t get caught by scammers by using the name of a well-known company – scammers often use them to gain your trust;
• the method of intimidation is often used due to allegedly occurring losses or covering expenses, so do not rush to click on links without checking with the company’s official contacts;
• do not forget that real SMS messages sent by Lithuanian Post never ask for payment cards or personal data, and there are no links to direct payments.