A study conducted by Kaspersky Lab suggests that almost every tenth Russian has lost a large amount of money as a result of telephone fraud.
Typically, telephone scammers act on behalf of a financial institution, say a bank. The classic scheme of such an attack is as follows: attackers call from a fake number or from a number that previously really belonged to the bank, introduce themselves as its employees and lure the victim into passwords and (or) two-factor authorization codes to enter the personal account and (or) confirm the transfer of money .
Unfortunately, many Russians fall for cybercriminals. The study showed that approximately a third of people in our country have lost money as a result of telephone scams. Moreover, in 9% of cases it was about impressive amounts.
“According to our data, if a subscriber receives a call and is informed that a suspicious transaction has been carried out on his card, then with a probability of more than 90% it is a scammer. However, there remains the possibility that this is actually a call from the bank, so you should not immediately drop such a call without further investigation,” experts note.
At the same time, many residents of our country are taking measures to protect themselves from telephone scammers. Thus, 37% of respondents reported that they use built-in phone tools for this purpose, in particular, blacklists. Another 17% install security software. Half of the respondents (51%) do not answer calls from unknown numbers. And only 21% of Russians do not try to protect themselves from telephone scammers.
Source: 3dnews.ru