A police officer calls you and claims that your bank account is at risk and needs protecting. To do this, you’ll need to enter a verification code that you’ve just received by text message. What do you do?

A police officer calls you and claims that your bank account is at risk and needs protecting. To do this, you’ll need to enter a verification code that you’ve just received by text message. What do you do?

I enter the code to protect my account.
I ask for their staff number and name and then tell them the code.
Korrekt I end the call and contact the police or my bank using the official telephone number.

The police and banks do not ask for verification codes over the phone. End the call and contact the police or your bank yourself using an official telephone number.

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