Today, a new type of fraud is widespread. Calls start coming from Who and why calls a number that mint database starts with 7495, they are very short, most often the subscriber does not have time to answer them.
There can be 15-20 such calls per day, sometimes less.
Many people after such calls have a desire to call back to an unknown number. Most often, on the other end, advertising slogans will sound or there will be complete silence. All this happens automatically. The system gets access to the database and begins a monotonous “ringing”.
What is the point of such “calls”?
The subscriber who calls back to number 7495… starts listening to Who and why calls
advertising, and at the same time a fee is charged from him, since calls to such a number are made on a paid basis. And the most important thing is that in fact there is no violation of the law in this case.
The subscriber dialed the number on his own initiative, no one forced him. Therefore, if an unknown number calls you, before calling back, do not be lazy to clarify information about such a number. It is quite easy to do this, there are a lot of sites on the Internet with such information.
If the number is on the “scammers” list, you should immediately add it to the blacklist on your smartphone.
What to do if they answered the call?
First of all, remember that you need to be careful about the
information you are given and not to act rashly. Think carefully before agreeing to any offer from the caller. The same applies to disclosing personal information.
Such calls are nothing more than spam. It originates in Japan. This scheme was used there to write off money from the number of the caller. Now this type of fraud has almost lost its relevance, since the mobile operators themselves blocked these numbers after a series of complaints from users.
Another type of such fraud is possible. This is a message in Viber from the cl lists number +7495…. In such a message, you can receive information that funds have been debited from your account or the message may contain information that you have bad tests… At the same time, the message inspires trust in many subscribers, since it is very competently designed,
with logos and other data. The purpose of the fraud is to intimidate and force the subscriber to make contact, and then various demands begin to be made. The main thing is not to react to such information in any way and not to make contact. In this case, you just need to block this number. After that, the scammers will no longer be able to contact you.
By the way, it would be a good idea to install a special application on your phone, which already contains a whole database of such spam numbers that will be immediately blocked.
But the most common type of fraud is “calls from Sberbank” (or another bank
Here is one of the fairly common situations… A call comes from how does a telegram channel work? the number +7495, then the caller introduces himself as a bank employee and addresses you by your last name and first name (not always), which already inspires confidence. Then they state the reason for the call – now your card/account will be blocked,
since there is a suspicion that your card/account has been taken over by fraudsters. To do this, the bank sent an SMS message with a code that must be voiced to the “bank employee”.
The main thing to remember here is once and for all that the bank will first block the account and only then inform the client of the reason for such blocking (but most often the client himself will call the bank when he cannot use his card).
If you have any doubts, you can check the “bank employee”, for example, ask them to tell you your latest banking details. Bank employees have such information, but fraudsters will immediately reveal themselves.
