A few months ago, we were approached by the Dutch TV show Opgelicht?!, which discusses various types of fraud. One of the subjects discussed was the \u201cWe-Cycle\u201d phishing campaign where they asked us to comment on the phishing scheme. Naturally we agreed because we find it important to warn people about the danger of phishing, to educate them on how they can recognize it and what they should do to protect themselves.<\/p>\n
The scheme is quite simple: a potential victim receives a typical phishing e-mail that states that a new debit card will be issued and the old one has to be returned to the bank. There are two options for this. The first is to go to the bank and give back the card, but this will cost you 22 euro; normally this doesn\u2019t happen, but this was something that tripped up some of the targets.<\/p>\n
The second option is to click on the link \u2014 which is naturally a phishing link \u2014 fill in a lot of information including the PIN code of the debit card, and send the debit card by mail to the address indicated on the phishing website. The good thing is, as the e-mail stated, this option wouldn\u2019t cost any money!<\/p>\n
After the victim sent their debit card in an envelope to the address, the fraudsters were literally just waiting for the mail to arrive. Once the post arrived the criminals literally fished the envelopes with the debit cards inside out of the mailboxes that they had indicated on the website. These criminals did not use post boxes registered for their names, but rather some random boxes they could access easily. They now had all the information to go to the ATM and steal the money from the victims.<\/p>\n
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