Scammers will no longer be able to spoof a landline number

You may have already been the target of a fake bank advisor scam. Until now, the messages were quite credible, because the real number of your bank was displayed, but all that will soon be over. The response is being organized. From 1^er October, operators will authenticate calls to ensure that the number has not been spoofed. That it really is the right bank or company, and not a scammer looking to steal your savings.

With this system, as soon as a fake number is detected, the call will be immediately cut off. It won’t even ring your phone. If a scammer wants to contact you, he will either have to display his own number or hide it. Which will, of course, be less credible to pretend to be your bank advisor.

This response seems effective when we knows the number of his banker or that it is saved in his diary. As such, Some phones automatically display the name of the company calling, so there is nothing to do. But if you don’t have the right phone, you’re not vigilant and if the scammer has a lot of gab, you can get scammed. That’s why some banks are starting to add extra security. They will ask you, for example, to validate the call in their application. Or simply send you a notification to certify that it is indeed one of their representatives trying to reach you.

This device is already available abroad and has just arrived in France at the online bank Sumeria, previously known as Lydia. A technique that could be adopted by large traditional banks.