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Attackers can clone a voice from just a few seconds of audio, then call you in a voice that sounds exactly like a family member or a manager. They count on you trusting what you hear.
A message or call in the name of the Tax Authority promises a refund you are owed, or threatens a debt and enforcement. In both cases the goal is to get you to hand over payment details or log in to a fake page.
A message in the name of the National Insurance Institute claims your benefit is blocked, that documents are missing, or that a payment is owed to you. To continue, you are asked to give personal and account details on a fake page.
A call from someone presenting himself as a police officer or investigator claims there is a case or an arrest warrant against you. He demands that you cooperate immediately, give details or pay, and forbids you to hang up or tell anyone.
Someone contacts you claiming there is a problem with your computer, your phone, or your account, and offers to fix it. To help, he asks you to install an app that gives him control of the device. From that moment, he sees everything you do.
A message offers easy, well-paid work from home, just simple tasks on your phone. After a few small, real payments, you are asked to deposit your own money to continue. That deposit is the theft.
A person or a platform promises you high profits from a crypto investment. At first everything seems to work, and you are even allowed a small withdrawal. But the more you invest, the clearer it becomes that the money cannot be withdrawn.
A message or call claims unusual activity was found on your account and that you must act now. The caller is not really from the bank, and the goal is to get you to hand over passwords and codes, or to move money yourself.
A message from an unknown number claims to be your son or daughter with a new number. After a few warm sentences comes the request: to transfer money urgently, because they cannot access their own account.
The one-time verification code that arrives by SMS is the last barrier between an attacker and your account or your money. Code fraud is any method whose goal is to get you to read out or forward that code.
A text says a package is waiting, but a small fee or address detail is missing. The link in the message does not go to the courier, it goes to a fake page built to steal your card details.
Someone you know messages you and asks you to forward a six digit code that arrived on your phone by mistake. That code is actually the key to your own WhatsApp account. The moment you send it, the account belongs to someone else.