NCSC discovers fake banking websites

The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has located a website used by cybercriminals to impersonate several different banks. The fake bank websites are primarily used for advance fee fraud. However, there are also other crimes where fraudsters use fake banking websites. In advance fee fraud, the existence of a supposed inheritance or a supposed lottery win is usually backed up via a fake bank account.

The modular website can be dynamically adapted to look like the logos of the major banks. In the case of Swiss victims, however, foreign banks are usually simulated, as inconsistencies are usually quickly noticed. In a recent case, however, it was a so-called "romance scam".

In the process, fake profiles are often created on social media and Internet partner portals in order to pretend, with large sums of money, that the supposed lover is wealthy. As proof of trust, the scammer gives the victim his "access data". However, when an urgent transaction is made, the login suddenly no longer works and the victim is asked to make the transaction from his or her account.

Source: NCSC/Editorial