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Wire Transfer Scams, Phishing, Fake Bank Advisers ... Frauds to Be Foiled

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The transfer is the safest means of payment. But, in the event of fraud, the amounts are stolen quickly reach peaks. Focus on the situations that should alert you and how to protect yourself from them. With a fraud rate of 0.0004% or 1 euro stolen for 250,000 euros of transactions, a bank transfer is the most secure cashless payment method. However, when you have your bank credentials hacked, the damage suffered by it escalates quickly. According to the latest report from the Observatory for the Security of Payment Means, published in early July by the Banque de France, the amount of a fraudulent transfer reached an average of 12,586 euros, against 70.50 euros for the bank card. To retrieve your bank details and credentials, crooks have two options: outsmart your bank, or outsmart yours. Malware and bogus sites are the most common techniques for doing this. They are used to steal 52% of the amounts stolen in 2018, because, massive, they make it possible to target thousands of Internet ...