Following the news that Cifas has released research that discovered fraudsters’ takeovers of customer accounts has soared by 45% in the last year.
The research revealed that hackers were moving from online to phone, to target not only the consumers themselves but also gain access to facilities such as banks. Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at McAfee commented below.
Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at McAfee:
“It is safest to assume that people are not who they say they are and people should feel confident in giving them a call back. Now that fraudsters are targeting the elderly and other vulnerable members of the community, younger relatives have a responsibility to make sure they know what to watch out for, to keep their details from being compromised.”
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