Phishing complaints grow every year
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 4:10 am
Patrícia Furtado was one of the victims of a fraud scheme using the WiZink Card , resulting in a loss of almost 10 thousand euros: “On May 15th, I was a victim of Phishing using my WiZink Card , after receiving an email and an SMS, both from the sender Wizink.pt and Wizink. At the time the fraud took place, I received a phone call from SIBS confirming that I was a victim of fraud, as they had made transfers of €300 and another of €4,700. They said they would immediately cancel my card (a card that I had not even activated yet). However, in addition to these transfers, another transfer of €4,100 was also made, bringing the total to €9,100.”
Ivo Dias also shared on the Complaint Portal his negative canada telemarketing experience through the complaint he made to the WiZink entity: “On 05/18/2021 I received an email from Banco WiZink, informing me of my credit card statement. When accessing the website, I noticed two movements that I did not recognize, to the entity Binance.com, made on 05/14/2021, in the amounts of €3,100.00 and €950.00. These movements were not authorized by me and I did not receive any SMS to confirm/authorize, and any movement requires the SMS code and the respective transaction amount. I immediately proceeded to cancel the credit card, through the website and sent an email to report the situation.”
Pedro Pereira, who lost €4,200, also reported his case on the Portal da Queixa :
“ I was a victim of phishing . One day after receiving the credit card in my mailbox, I replied to an email to activate it. Five transactions were made totaling around €4,200 without receiving any code to confirm them .”
Clarisse Cunha is another of the injured parties who registered her complaint on the Complaint Portal :
“ On May 13th, I was a victim of phishing . On the 21st at 3:30 pm, I went to check my WiZink Card statement , as I was waiting for a refund for a purchase, and I noticed that there were two transactions on May 13th that were not made by me . Very surprised, I called the Wizink customer support line to find out what those payments were and was informed that I may have been a victim of fraud and was told how to proceed to follow the unrecognized transactions, and my card was immediately blocked .”
Ivo Dias also shared on the Complaint Portal his negative canada telemarketing experience through the complaint he made to the WiZink entity: “On 05/18/2021 I received an email from Banco WiZink, informing me of my credit card statement. When accessing the website, I noticed two movements that I did not recognize, to the entity Binance.com, made on 05/14/2021, in the amounts of €3,100.00 and €950.00. These movements were not authorized by me and I did not receive any SMS to confirm/authorize, and any movement requires the SMS code and the respective transaction amount. I immediately proceeded to cancel the credit card, through the website and sent an email to report the situation.”
Pedro Pereira, who lost €4,200, also reported his case on the Portal da Queixa :
“ I was a victim of phishing . One day after receiving the credit card in my mailbox, I replied to an email to activate it. Five transactions were made totaling around €4,200 without receiving any code to confirm them .”
Clarisse Cunha is another of the injured parties who registered her complaint on the Complaint Portal :
“ On May 13th, I was a victim of phishing . On the 21st at 3:30 pm, I went to check my WiZink Card statement , as I was waiting for a refund for a purchase, and I noticed that there were two transactions on May 13th that were not made by me . Very surprised, I called the Wizink customer support line to find out what those payments were and was informed that I may have been a victim of fraud and was told how to proceed to follow the unrecognized transactions, and my card was immediately blocked .”