Fraudsters have come up with a new scheme with bank cards

Attackers have developed a new way to steal money from citizens, as VTB Bank warned about.

Cybersecurity experts have discovered that the deception scheme works as follows: scammers call people, posing as employees of mobile operators, and inform them that their contract has expired and urgently needs to be renewed.

To do this, they offer to download and install a special mobile application. If the victim agrees, he is asked to enter the PIN code from his bank card in this application. At this point, spyware is activated on the device and connects to the NFC system, allowing scammers to intercept important data.

Thus, attackers can create a copy of their victim’s bank card and use it for purchases as in ordinary…