In recent days, many Poles report to receive suspicious phones from abroad. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/4235ea/620x0/1/0/2025/04/03/a9ghlyb7hcna6pgloclnrStj95i3Linuikzyvj.jpg" alt = "phone @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (150,141,117.0.51)" > < p > connections come from unknown number & oacute; and receiving them can have serious consequences. Experts alert: this may be another wave of advanced fraud using new technologies, and the goal is personal data and money.

< P >Although for many & oacute; b kr & oacute; tka with an unknown number may seem harmless, reality is much more dangerous. The increase in the number of applications is confirmed by CERT Polska, which only until September 2024 recorded over 80,000 cases of & in cyber attack & oacute; in & ndash; almost as much as in the whole year.

< p > Telephone fraud is one of the favorite mechanism & oacute; in cybercrime activities. Increasingly, they use techniques known from phishing, Deepfake & rsquo; & oacute; in and social engineering. Their victims are most often elderly, busy or simply unconscious threats.

< P > The new variant of fraud resembles the so -called & AMP; BDQUO; SMS from Mother & Amp; RDQUO;. In & oacute; the criminals sent messages that the broadcasters broke the phone and the new number should be saved. P & oacute; the victim was asked for financial help & Amp; MDASH; Most often for the purchase of a new device. Currently, the situation is similar, but criminals use telephone connections, and even a voice & in the synthesizer & oacute; in speech.

< P >After receiving the connection, you can hear a voice from the machine, which & oacute; ry asks to contact WhatsApp. This is one of the most frequently used messenger & oacute; in to extort data and money. Criminals PR & oacute; are afraid to gain trust and then persuade to make a transfer or provide sensitive information.

< p > what the suspicious numbers & oacute; in which users from Poland and other country & oacute; in European, included, among others ::

< p >+34 672866700

< p >+44 79793955

< p >+44 7403149312

< p >+38 670478097

< p >+34 61373624

< p >+44 747560935

< p > directional indicate Spain, Great Britain, Slovenia and Ukraine. It is worrying that the phones are received by R & Amp; Oacute; Citizens of Germany, the Czech Republic or Denmark. All applications have a mate of & ndash; Unknown to the size of & oacute; wca i pr & oacute; exclusions to act outside the telephone network, e.g. through the messenger.

< p > experts remind: never call back to unknown foreign numbers, do not click on links sent by SMS or by the messenger, do not provide personal data or number & oacute; in payment cards by phone.

< p > If you suspect you could have been a victim of fraud, report the case on the Cert Polska website and notify the bank.

< p > In the pre -Christmas period, cyber criminals' activity The increased number of purchase & Oacute; in online and reservation of the subtra -& Ży; Ży; Therefore, every unusual message, e-mail or phone should arouse vigilance.

< p > This is another example of the fact that in the digital era the greatest protection is not technology, but common sense.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116