Attention: Consumer advice center warns of dangerous phishing emails!

Attention: Consumer advice center warns of dangerous phishing emails!

Deutschland - The consumer center urgently warns of a new fraud stitch that deals with Raiffeisenbanken (VR) on behalf of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanks (VR). Criminals send fraudulent emails that are supposed to ask for the renewal of the "VR-Secure app". In these emails it is claimed that customers have to react until May 30, otherwise they will lose "security functions". These emails look deceptively real because the fraudsters use the original logo of the VR. The consumer center urgently advises to ignore such emails and to move them to the spam folder.

Important features of the phishing email are an impersonal salutation such as "Dear customer" and a dubious sender address. In addition, the mails contain suspicious links or buttons and put the recipients under pressure with a short period of time. Customers should search for similar requests in their banking app or on your bank's website, since serious banks do not request app updates by email. In the event of suspicion of fraud, immediate contact with the bank is advisable to block online banking. This is also emphasized by the information of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken , which make it clear that you will never ask for personal information such as pin or account number by email or SMS.

massive shipping of phishing messages

phishing messages are sent millions of times to attract users to fake or harmful websites. Fraudsters obtain the email addresses and cell phone numbers of the recipients through special search engines or other providers. Special caution is required, since phishing sites can be deceptively real-compensated for banks. Consumerzentrale.de also states that users should recognize an unusual design and unusual spellings in communication, such as a spelling such as "Commerzbank".

The Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken represent the largest cooperative banking group in Germany and are a strongly anchored financial institution with 672 banks and 136,900 employees. Your balance sheet total amounts to 1,208 billion euros. Fortunately, these cooperative banks belong to 17.6 million members, with each member having a vote at the representative assembly.

In the current digital landscape, it is essential to remain vigilant and to protect your own data. Customers are asked to always contact their bank in the event of uncertainties and to check information directly via official channels.