Overview
- Consumer group Phishing-Radar reports active campaigns spoofing IONOS/1&1, DKB, Commerzbank and Sparkasse across Germany this week.
- DKB customers are receiving emails titled “Dringende Maßnahme erforderlich” that cite five failed logins and push a fake verification link with telltale errors.
- Commerzbank users are targeted with a photoTAN ploy that claims a security certificate expires on November 6 and asks for a QR-code photo upload.
- Sparkasse warns of fraudulent emails and SMS with urgent subject lines plus follow-up phone calls pressuring customers to authorize transactions.
- Verbraucherzentrale and the BSI advise deleting suspicious messages, avoiding embedded links, running antivirus if a link was opened, and contacting the bank immediately if credentials were shared or activity looks irregular.