It all starts with a suspicious text message or phone call. Whether you will pursue it or not is not the question. This is only the first step of the trap. A few moments later, a new call occurred, this time from someone claiming to be a banking advisor. On the phone, you are told that fraudulent withdrawals have been observed on your account, but fortunately, the transactions will be blocked by your bank. The gendarmes point out that “the victim is then asked to cut his bank card into two parts, without touching the chip, before the courier comes to his home to receive it.”
“Don’t give your bank card away even if you cut it in half.”
The courier is not an official, more of a “banker” on the phone. However, after being surprised and thinking of disrupting an extortion attempt, some victims agreed to hand over their card cut in two, in order, they believe, to settle the situation. And when they realize that they have definitely been cheated, it is already too late: many withdrawals or purchases have already been made from their bank accounts, because the card, even in several pieces, can continue to work as long as the numbers and information it contains remain valid. remains visible or the slide is saved.
