Criminals have come up with another form of online fraud. This time, it involves “Blik.”
The police warn that thieves steal a person’s identity, impersonate them and, taking advantage of their friends’ trust, ask them to provide a “Blik” code.
They claim that they are standing at the checkout and want to pay for their shopping, but their payment card happened to expire that day. Or they say they are at the doctor’s and urgently need to transfer money, while their account is blocked. Lubin police received a similar report last weekend.
Officers advise:
Let’s stay alert and not be misled by appearances. We should also carefully read the messages sent to our phones during every transaction. Such contact may turn out to be an ordinary scam. We could lose our savings because it is not a friend but a criminal who, instead of standing at the checkout, is standing at an ATM and withdrawing money from our account.
What should we remember?
- if someone asks us for any kind of loan via the internet, let’s call our friend’s phone number and confirm whether it is really that person and not a criminal impersonating them
- let’s change the access passwords to our accounts and log out every time we stop using an application
- let’s not open emails from unknown senders, and most importantly, the attachments contained in them
- carefully check the address of the portal or website where we are making purchases. Scammers often impersonate bank websites or popular auction and social media sites
- let’s remember not to enter our login or password if we have any doubts
- let’s inform children about the harmful consequences of using the internet, and older people about criminals’ methods of operation
- let’s keep the operating system and software we use up to date.