Financial institution warns about these scams that seek to obtain your personal card information through fraudulent calls.
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The Banco de la Nación (BN), in its commitment to financial security, alerts citizens about the type of scam vishing. This type of fraud seeks to obtain your card information such as its number, expiration date and security key, in order to access your funds.
The entity pointed out that these types of scams are becoming more frequent, so we must be informed to be able to identify them and avoid being deceived by an unscrupulous person.
What does vishing mean?
According to the Banco de la Nación, vishing is a type of scam that combines several social engineering techniques such as “spoofing”, which is the impersonation of the phone that can appear with the name of the bank or personnel posing as an official. from the financial institution, so the name and number you see on your cell phone could be false.
Warning from Banco de la Nación. Photo: BN
How to protect yourself against vishing, according to the Banco de la Nación?
To avoid this type of scam, Banco de la Nación provides you with some security suggestions to prevent cyberattacks and safeguard your devices:
- Be wary if you receive a call from a well-known service that you were not expecting, especially if they urgently ask for your bank details. If they call you supposedly from the Banco de la Nación, contact them immediately at number 519-2000, extension 93120.
- Never share sensitive information such as credentials and confidential information via email, text messages or other channels.
- Be wary of overly attractive offers, promotions, benefits and cash back that you have not requested; First verify the information with the corresponding entities through their official channels.
- Stay calm at all times, do not follow the instructions of cybercriminals. It is better to interrupt communication, contact your bank, report what happened and report the number from which you received the call. If you did provide your details, immediately check your account for activity and block your cards and financial products immediately.
How can I contact Banco de la Nación?
If you want to be evaluated, you can write to WhatsApp on National bank at 942 896 863. Likewise, there are the following numbers to call:
- 994 176 546
- 994 170 148
- 994 157 902
- 994 171 558.
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