Scams | Telia says that it prevented millions of scam calls in the summer

Telecom operator In the press release, Telia says that the number of fraud attempts increased significantly in the summer. According to the release, Telia has prevented approximately 2.5 million scam calls during June and July.

According to Telia, the calls have been blocked with the help of technical solutions that were put into use at the end of last year. The number of scam calls reportedly decreased in the spring as a result of them.

In the summer, however, scammers have once again dared to call Finns.

According to Telia, a scam call can be identified by the fact that it can, for example, extract personal information, such as bank or social security numbers.

Also scam messages have been common in the summer, the release states.

For example, Telia in the name, several scam messages have been sent in which attempts have been made to fish people’s bank details. According to the release, the title of the scam message can be, for example, “Your invoice has been paid twice”.

Scam messages can also be recognized by, for example, suspicious spelling, big promises or the fact that the contact is surprising.

Telia reminds that the links of suspicious messages must not be opened and that the person receiving them should contact Telia’s customer service if the sender claims to be on the telecom operator’s behalf.