FINMA warns of phishing e-mails
Published: Tuesday, Nov 5th 2024, 09:30
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is apparently the subject of fraud on the Internet. According to a press release issued on Tuesday, phishing e-mails with a fake Finma sender are circulating. The fraudsters are posing as employees of the supervisory authority.
"FINMA does not send such emails and does not contact private individuals as a matter of principle," the authority writes in the communiqué. Recipients of such e-mails should not reply to them and should not follow the instructions given in them. "Do not click on any links contained in these e-mails", warns FINMA.
One of the scammers' tricks is to contact victims of financial fraud in the name of FINMA and promise to make good financial losses. When making contact, they use lists with the names of defrauded investors that are circulating on the Internet.
"Unscrupulous financial players exploit the hopes of the victims to get their money back," says FINMA. Sometimes the victims are financially fleeced a second time in this way. However, Finma is "never involved in processes or offers that serve to allegedly compensate for financial losses", according to the authority's website.
It also lists various other tricks used by fraudsters, such as fake debt restructuring companies, cloned Finma websites, the sale of worthless shares and empty crypto promises.
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