Banks scams
Bank impersonation is the most expensive scam for victims. The caller or message sounds urgent and official on purpose.
Paste the sender's email address, the link, or the website from the message.
Know the pattern
The most common banks scams
Move your money to a safe account
Someone claiming to be your bank's fraud team says your account is compromised and asks you to transfer money to a safe account. No genuine bank will ever ask you to do this.
Read me the code we just sent
The caller asks you to read back a one-time passcode sent to your phone. That code is what lets them into your account or approves a payment.
Unusual activity alert
A text about a suspicious payment asks you to reply or follow a link to stop it. Call the number on the back of your card instead.
23 brands monitored daily
Check a specific company
Chase
chase.com
Bank of America
bankofamerica.com
Wells Fargo
wellsfargo.com
Citi
citi.com, citibank.com
Capital One
capitalone.com
HSBC
hsbc.com, hsbc.co.uk
Barclays
barclays.co.uk, barclays.com
Lloyds Bank
lloydsbank.com
NatWest
natwest.com
Santander
santander.com, santander.co.uk
Halifax
halifax.co.uk
Nationwide Building Society
nationwide.co.uk
Monzo
monzo.com
ING
ing.com, ing.nl, ing.de
Deutsche Bank
deutsche-bank.de, db.com
UBS
ubs.com
Commonwealth Bank
commbank.com.au
RBC Royal Bank
rbc.com, rbcroyalbank.com
TD Bank
td.com
Nubank
nubank.com.br
State Bank of India
sbi.co.in, onlinesbi.sbi
HDFC Bank
hdfcbank.com
ICICI Bank
icicibank.com
Help stop it
Where to report a scam
United Kingdom
- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk
- Forward scam texts to 7726
United States
- Report to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov
- Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org
- Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM)
Canada
- Report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
- Forward scam texts to 7726
Australia
- Report to Scamwatch at scamwatch.gov.au
- Report cybercrime through ReportCyber at cyber.gov.au
India
- Report at cybercrime.gov.in or call the 1930 helpline
Germany
- Forward phishing emails to the Phishing-Radar at phishing@verbraucherzentrale.nrw
Switzerland
- Report phishing websites at antiphishing.ch
Anywhere
- Report phishing websites to Google Safe Browsing at safebrowsing.google.com
- Tell the company through its official website or app
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