SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 31 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Agents of the Civil Guard have instructed proceedings in which a 21-year-old, a resident of the town of Teo (A Coruña), is being investigated as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of bank fraud carried out through the modality of ‘Smishing’.
The action has been carried out by agents of the Civil Guard belonging to the Team @ of Playa de las Américas (Tenerife) with the support of the Team @ Milladoiro (A Coruña), in prevention and investigation of technological crimes.
The ‘Smishing’ technique consists of sending text messages (SMS) or similar, generally impersonating a real entity or organization, in order to deceitly obtain personal data and/or passwords from the person to be scammed through a link to a fraudulent website and/or with malware.
The investigation was initiated by the @ Team of Playa de las Américas as a result of the complaint filed by the affected person, who stated that unknown authors had illegally accessed his bank account, making several unauthorized money transfers through the BIZUM application, for a total value of 1,200 euros.
During the aforementioned investigation, the specialized agents managed to track the transactions, identifying and locating the person now being investigated, who, together with the procedures carried out, has been made available to the Arona Investigating Court.
The Civil Guard has gathered evidence that could indicate the existence of more people harmed by the same technique.
