A victim of phishing, stupidity of sophisticated?

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The message above is about an IT person who has become a victim of phishing himself. Of course I don't know the background completely, but I can't imagine you fall for it. What happened:

1. he receives an email containing the request to log into his bank account to prevent a suspicious transfer.
2. He clicks on the link
3. He is then called (supposedly) by the bank.
4. The person on the phone says he is a cyber security specialist at the bank but is calling with a mobile number.
5. The 'bank employee' requests him to transfer money from the savings account to DIFFERENT other bank accounts because that is the only way to safeguard his money.
6. The victim does this a number of times
7. The real bank regards the transactions as suspicious and blocks the account.
8. When the victim calls his bank, he finds out that he has fallen victim to a phishing and spoofing trick.

I have read this message with surprise. Of course I find it very annoying for the person in question, he has lost 28,000 euros this way. But a few points that strike me:

1. An email in which they indicate that suspicious things are taking place on your account. If that is really the case, the bank will call you directly instead of sending an email.
2. Someone from the bank is calling with a mobile number. Bank employees will never call with a mobile number.
3. You have to transfer your savings to different accounts to secure it? Why? The bank has full control over its accounts and could therefore simply freeze your account.
4. The best man is himself an IT person and (according to his own words) has to deal with such matters on a daily basis, how is it possible that no alarm bells started ringing with him?

The other side of the story is of course that it turns out that criminals like this are so sophisticated that people keep falling for it.

My advice, if you get an e-mail from the bank .... never clicks, banks do not send this type of e-mail. And if you have any doubts, just call your own bank.

Stay safe & have a great day,

Peter

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