Many have experienced returning to their parked car, only to discover that it has been backed up and dented. Few offenders leave a note of apology and contact information. When that happens, it’s welcome.
Fraudsters have now adopted this as a method to obtain information about you and your personal data.
It is the Swedish Dagens Nyheter that writes about one of them who has been exposed to this.
MANY EXPERIENCE THIS: Many people experience coming back to a parked car with a dent. A note on the window is welcome, but do not send photos of the driver’s license to the person concerned, the police warn. Photo: Colourbox
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When Camilla Rubin came out into the parking lot, she saw that one of the headlights on the car was broken.
“Fortunately” there was a note under the window cleaner which appeared to be from the unfortunate person who had broken the lantern, but it wasn’t. It was simply an attempted fraud.
The lantern was broken on purpose.
Warning: – Several have been called
Don’t do this
Because when the unfortunate car owner contacted the person who had left the note, she was asked to send a copy of the driver’s license so that “I can make amends”.
Several car owners have reportedly been tricked into sending a photo of their driver’s license to fraudsters. They have since used this to obtain a false identity, according to Dagens Nyheter.
This could be an attempt at fraud and ID hijacking, the police warn.
– If you get hold of the entire identity, you can apply for a loan and do everything possible in their name, says Jan Olsson, a fraud expert in the police in Sweden, to the newspaper.
– We recommend that you take pictures
Be alert
The Norwegian police also feel that the fraudsters are becoming more and more inventive, but so far it does not appear that this new method has spread in Norway.
However, there is every reason to be wary.
On a general basis, the Oslo police say that you should never send photos of driving licenses or other ID documents to unknown people. Nor information about card and bank details.
The article is provided by DinSide.
