Fraudsters Can Steal Account Balances Through Google Calendar

Apparently, scammers (fraudsters) always find ways to trick their victims. It's not enough to just send fraudulent emails, now they use a way that has never been thought of.

Launching Phone Arena on Monday (05/24/2019), currently fraudsters use the Google Calendar feature for potential victims who use Android.

They will automatically add invitations to potential victims, even if the potential victim does not respond to invitations on Google Calendar.

Fraudsters can steal account balances through Google Calendar

Some time before the event from the invitation will begin, there will be a reminder.

The contents, reminded that the prospective victim must transfer to the account and will ask for account information such as the account number to PIN.

Race Winning Mode

Or with other modes, such as telling the potential victim to win the race but claiming the prize requires certain account information.

Even though he seemed to be 'stale', it turned out that this method was still used by fraudsters.

Or also by sending a link mode that if accidentally pressed, then the victim's personal information can be sent. The potential victim must be very careful that the link is not depressed.

This is certainly dangerous especially for busy people who have many agendas. They will not pay attention to the details of the invitation.

How to overcome

To overcome this, users can directly visit the Google.com/calendar page.
Click the gear icon on the top right, then select Settings.
Select Event Settings, under the Automatically add invitations dropdown, select No, only show invitations to which I have responded.
Scroll down, click View and uncheck Show declined events. This way, scam invitations can be immediately ignored after the user rejects it.

That is information that might be useful for you, so be careful using an Android device to avoid fraud when using your device online.