FraudSMART warning – Beware of courier card scams
FraudSMART is warning people about a highly convincing scam where fraudsters pretend to be your bank and arrange for your bank card to be collected from your home for ‘security reasons’.
These so-called courier card scams are carefully planned and designed to create urgency and fear in order to get victims to hand over their bank card. FraudSMART has provided details about how these scams work along with tips for how to protect yourself.
A courier card scam is where fraudsters pretend to be your bank and arrange for your bank card to be collected from your home under guise of “security reasons”.
Stay Informed: Help keep your family and friends safe
Anyone can be a target of this kind of scam and new types of scams and frauds are continually emerging that are increasingly more complex and convincing. Share this alert with your family and friends so that they too can stay safe and encourage them to sign up for the FraudSMART fraud alerts to stay updated.