MasterCard phishing: "Disabling your card" is a fraud

Dangerous email being spread

MasterCard customers should protect themselves from new phishing email attacks in April. In the fake email, the criminal claimed that your card was blocked and used the "deactivate card" theme. We revealed why the news is so dangerous.

After the release of 90,000 MasterCard customer data in August 2019, MasterCard phishing occurred repeatedly. The customer was contacted by a fake email, which reported an account issue or a change in account terms. To be able to continue using their account, customers should now enter their data on the website. Sensitive information is retrieved here.

In April, the Consumer Advisory Center reported a new phishing scam that MasterCard customers should know. If the subject of the MasterCard email you receive is "Disable Card", you should be extra careful. Behind it are two different phishing attempts. The message text is as follows:

Dear Customer,
When we checked your account details, we found that you have not confirmed the data for more than a year. Your card has been temporarily disabled. In order to continue to keep your account safe, we ask you to update your data.
Complete the confirmation within 48 hours, otherwise your account will be closed. This is no longer possible to activate.
To the form
Thank you for your help and hope your understanding.
Sincerely
Your MasterCard team
Dear Customer,
Your card has been deactivated and becomes effective immediately. When checking your card data, we noticed that your data is outdated and no longer guarantees the security of the card. Outdated data does not guarantee that you will receive all invoices and information about karts.
Please update your data immediately to reactivate your card. Upon successful completion, your card will be reactivated.
To the form
Thank you for your help and hope your understanding.
Sincerely
Your MasterCard team

Both emails are full of spelling or grammatical errors, which will surprise you when you read them for the first time. In addition, banks and credit card companies never send you emails to enter sensitive information on the website. As this is the final instruction for phishing emails, you should check the sender of the message. Although this impersonates MasterCard customer service or similar services, it will not send messages from the email addresses of "Mastercard.de" or "Mastercard.com".

What is behind the dangerous link?

In previous fraud reports on Mastercard phishing, we followed the dangerous links placed by the sender in their emails. There, we found a forged login mask. First, we should log in using our MasterCard customer data. You can view the data needed by the dirty creator of the email in the picture gallery below.

This is how criminals steal your MasterCard data

Finally, we were even directed to the correct MasterCard website. No one is likely to doubt anything here. Therefore, you should carefully read the company's email and use the sender to check whether the message really came from the respective company.

This is how you handle phishing emails

If you receive a fake email, you can safely move it to the spam folder or delete it. Before that, you can forward the message to us to help clarify the new scam. To do this, simply use the following email address:

If you want to keep abreast of all future phishing behaviors, please visit our current fraud warnings regularly. On the linked page, we summarize all new stitches for you. Alternatively, you can subscribe to Netzwelt on Twitter and Facebook.

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