Business · Companies · 13 hrs ago
Swiss phone users receive UBS codes in suspected Twint scam
People across Switzerland have received unexpected text messages from UBS containing activation codes.
Some recipients are not UBS customers, suggesting the messages were sent to many phone numbers rather than selected bank customers.
The messages appear to follow attempts to create Twint accounts that have not yet been confirmed.
The texts themselves contain no link, but the code could help someone activate an account created by scammers.
A caller might pose as a bank employee and ask recipients to share the code.
The full purpose of the suspected scam is not yet known.
Recipients are advised not to give anyone the code and to be cautious about calls from unknown numbers.
Swiss phone users have received text messages from UBS containing activation codes, in what may be a scam linked to Twint.
The messages reportedly went to people who bank with UBS and people who use other banks.
A bank adviser told the Watson reporter that many customers had received the messages and that a large-scale scam campaign was likely.
The texts are sent after large numbers of unconfirmed Twint accounts are created, according to the article.
The scam’s final stage is unknown, and readers are warned not to share the codes with anyone.
- Who
- Swiss phone users, including customers of banks other than UBS, received the messages.
- What
- They received UBS activation codes in a suspected multi-step scam linked to Twint.
- When
- During the night before publication and in the days leading up to it.
- Where
- Switzerland.
- Why
- The messages reportedly follow the mass creation of unconfirmed Twint accounts; the scammers’ ultimate aim is unknown.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Swiss phone users received UBS text messages containing activation codes.
The Watson reporter received a text with an activation code and called their bank.
A bank adviser said many customers were affected and suggested a large-scale scam campaign was likely.
- Affected country
- Switzerland
- Message sender shown
- UBS
- Possible scam link
- Twint
- Reporter’s text message
- Received at 2:58 a.m.
- Potential scale
- Hundreds or even thousands of Swiss phone numbers
What people are saying
Vorsicht ist hingegen geboten, wenn jemand anruft und nach dem per SMS erhaltenen Code fragt
Der letzte Schritt der Betrugsmasche ist noch nicht bekannt
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