The Banco de la Nación alerts its clients about the new modality of scam with which you can lose your money. In this note she also discovers how to stop it.
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He ‘spoofing‘ is a new way of scam in which unscrupulous people pose as officials of the main banking entities and earn your trust. This, with the aim of obtaining your confidential information to commit Cybercrime with which they can access your balances, secret keys or codes and with that carry out operations from the client’s digital channels and subtract your money. That is the reason why Banco de la Nación alerts its users and gives them advice to avoid this fraud.
How to avoid ‘spoofing’ according to the Bank of the Nation?
These details give the National bank to take into account and avoid the ‘spoofing’.
- Banco de la Nación will never request confidential information (balances, username and password, secret passwords, codes sent to the client’s cell phone, card numbers, expiration date, or the 3 digits for online purchases, etc.) through telephone calls and neither through any other means such as SMS, email, etc. That information is private.
- If a call with these characteristics is identified, the recommendation is to hang up immediately, as it is a fraud attempt.
- If you have received a call of this type, it is likely that your confidential information is compromised, so it is recommended to block your cards, monitor your balances, change the secret code of your cards and other actions that secure your money.
- Never share personal information, balances, keys to your physical token, or codes you receive via SMS (Short Message Service) under any circumstances. These security elements are only generated to confirm financial operations and/or update your personal data.
How to communicate with Banco de la Nación?
If you want to be evaluated, you can write to the WhatsApp of National bank at 942-896-863. Also, there are the following numbers to call:
- 994 176 546
- 994 170 148
- 994 157 902
- 994 171 558.
If you want to know the relationship of agencies of the BN locally and nationally, you can access through these links:
- Banco de la Nación branches in Metropolitan Lima
- Agencies of Banco de la Nación nationwide.
Source: Larepublica
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