{"id":157471,"date":"2023-04-15T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T06:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/google-warns-billions-over-money-transfer-attack-that-empties-your-bank-how-to-spot-dangerous-message\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T06:47:44","slug":"google-warns-billions-over-money-transfer-attack-that-empties-your-bank-how-to-spot-dangerous-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/google-warns-billions-over-money-transfer-attack-that-empties-your-bank-how-to-spot-dangerous-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Google warns billions over \u2018money transfer\u2019 attack that empties your bank \u2013 how to spot dangerous message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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GOOGLE warns smartphone owners about “money-transfer” scams.<\/p>\n

They can raid your bank in seconds \u2013 and there are two different ways it can happen.<\/p>\n

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Money transfer online sales should be avoided at all costs<\/span>Credit: Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google has issued a memo warning users against using money transfers for sales.<\/p>\n

This is where you receive cash directly \u2013 using a service like Google Pay \u2013 from a buyer.<\/p>\n

This could happen on a website, forum or chat app.<\/p>\n

Google says that there are at least two ways criminals will empty your account.<\/p>\n

First, there is the scam of “failure-to-pay” money transfers.<\/p>\n

“For example, if you\u2019re selling something, a scammer may contact you posing as an interested potential buyer,” Google warned.<\/p>\n

“When you agree on a price, they may state that they\u2019ll pay you using a money transfer as soon as they receive what you\u2019re selling.<\/p>\n

“Then, after they receive what you\u2019ve sold them, they never pay for it.”<\/p>\n

You may find it difficult to retrieve your money in this situation.<\/p>\n

You should also be on the lookout for scams that use “request” instead of “send”.<\/p>\n

Google explained that if you are trying to sell something, you may receive a call from a fraudster pretending to be a potential customer.<\/p>\n

When you and the customer agree to a price they might ask you for a transfer of money.<\/p>\n

Then they ask for money and try to fool you into paying.<\/p>\n

You can avoid the scam by remembering that most people don’t need to act to receive their money.<\/p>\n

And if you do, take a few extra seconds to check that you’re approving the receipt of money \u2013 and not actually send cash to scammers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOOGLE warns smartphone owners about “money-transfer” scams. They can raid your bank in seconds \u2013 and there are two different ways it can happen. 1 Money transfer online sales should be avoided at all costsCredit: Google Google has issued a memo warning users against using money transfers for sales. This is where you receive cash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":157472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Google-warns-billions-over-\u2018money-transfer-attack-that-empties-your.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157473,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157471\/revisions\/157473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}