HEBA's public awarness initiative on cyber financial fraud
HEBA's public awarness initiative on cyber financial fraud
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HEBA's public awarness initiative on cyber financial fraud

What does HEBA’s material recommend for fraud in the "cyberspace"
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RE+D magazine
19.11.2021

The Hellenic Banking Association posted on its website information material with identification and protection instructions for two types of electronic fraud, the alleged technical support, and the theft of identity data, in the context of the information and public awareness campaign on cyber security issues, but also of European Cyber Security Month.

As the Hellenic Bank Association mentioned in an informative material that was recently published with the typology of fraud in the "cyberspace" and the ways to prevent such incidents, has named some more cases of cyber financial crime.

Amongst them are the cases of CEO fraud (CEO Fraud), fraud through invoices and other documents (invoice Fraud), fraudulent phone calls (vishing), fraudulent SMS (smishing), fraudulent emails (phishing), fraudulent bank websites, spoofed bank websites, romance scam, personal data theft, investment fraud scams), online shopping scams, online technical support scams, electronic telephone fraud, identity theft, and SIM Swapping fraud.

The cyber scams awareness and public awareness campaign has been launched by Europol, in collaboration with the European Banking Federation (ETF) as part of the European Cyber Security Month.