The warning light should come on immediately. Is the famous case coming back?
Who remembers the famous movie “Tulip” about a charming marriage scammer who made women fall in love with him and then robbed them? It turns out that history likes to come back. A popular Polish actress is the face of the campaign and tells a touching story as a warning.
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Even today, we are surrounded by a whole host of such Tulips on the Internet. These are very clever and dangerous fraudsters who use various social engineering techniques to gain the trust of their potential victims.
Today, unfortunately, we have multitudes of such “Tulips” on social media. An American soldier, a German policewoman, a lonely widower looking for love. These are very dangerous fraudsters who use social engineering to gain trust, make a potential victim fall in love with them, and then rob them.
– warns actress Katarzyna Skrzynecka as part of the “Bankers for CyberEducation” campaign.
The actress says that this type of fraud happened to her good friend who had been single for a long time. With great concern, but also compassion, he tells the whole story in detail in order to warn others.
How to protect yourself against this type of fraud?
It is worth familiarizing yourself with the following rules:
- When someone asks for help and transfer money on social media or via text message, a warning light goes on, it may be a scam.
- Verify the interlocutor – call him.
- Don’t give someone you just met access to your bank account.
- Don’t act on emotions.
- Check with your bank for more information about cybersecurity.
The “Bankers for CyberEducation” campaign is a joint initiative of the Polish Bank Association, the Warsaw Banking Institute Foundation, the Bank Cybersecurity Center and banks. The faces of the campaign are also Daria Widawska and Jerzy Kryszak.
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