Overview
- Phishing emails impersonating Deutsche Bahn request credit card validation under the pretense of suspicious account activity.
- Scammers use fake one-euro charges and time-pressure tactics to trick recipients into providing sensitive information.
- Parallel phishing attacks are targeting customers of ING, Volksbanken, and Postbank, with threats of account restrictions.
- Authorities and consumer protection agencies urge customers to verify communications only through official websites or apps.
- Deutsche Bahn reiterates that it never requests sensitive data, such as credit card information, via email.