The new Poste Italiane customer scam is really insidious. Here’s what it is and what you need to do to avoid falling into the trap this time around either.
In 2022, Poste Italiane celebrates the 160th anniversary of its foundation. The Dpcm of March 17, 2022 has arrived a very special mission for Mario Del Fante, CEO and General Manager of Poste Italiane: he will also be president of the company that manages the tenders for Jubilee 2025 in Rome.
Poste Italiane, one of the twenty-one low-energy tricycles adopted in Cittadella (Instagram photo).
Poste Italiane and its employees increasingly enjoy the trust of the government. With 35 million customers, we can say that the institution is truly present in all Italian families. It is also for this reason that it is very important to pay attention to ad hoc scams that hackers study tailor-made for Poste Italiane.
Poste Italiane, beware of the new scam: the details
As the pandemic and lockdowns progressed, scammers began to focus their efforts on digital operations. As the Postal Police reported, in 2021 there was a 27% increase in online fraud attempts compared to the previous year.
Poste Italiane, the Brescia delivery center with its fleet of postmen (Instagram photo).
In the same year, the Bank of Italy reported that nearly half of complaints from Italian citizens were about stolen credentials. There have also been numerous reports of attempted commercial fraud and fraudulent investment offers. In general, what has been detected is a qualitative leap into the scam, in which it is always easier to fall.
Here are examples of messages that account holders should beware of
In fact, if once the ungrammatical emails arrived, now every detail of the messages is the same as the original. If there were once unlikely requests for help from a friend left with no money or from someone looking for an heir, now communications are professional and follow the bank’s communication system.
The latest attempt to defraud Poste Italiane customers is an SMS, where you are asked to check that everything is in order by logging into your current account. You should never click on the links of the e-mails or SMS that you receive, even if everything leads to believe that it is not a scam: you must rather compose the link www.posteitaliane yourself. it.
Here is an example of the new SMS scam aimed at Poste Italiane account holders. You should never trust even if you read that the message is sent by post. Poste Italiane, here are some examples of new scam attempts that pass through SMS (Instagram photo).
Below is a cute meme about the many apps that Poste Italiane users can download to their smartphones: