Never disclose your bank account to unknown persons!

To be able to transfer money that has been stolen, fraudsters need access to bank accounts. In emails and advertisement on Internet they offer money in return for letting them use your bank account.

The advertisement or email messages often look very professional. The fraudster presents himself as part of a “well-established and credible financial company who lacks representatives in Sweden”. Sometimes there are also links to the so called company’s website to increase the credibility. The email or advertisement encourages you to receive money on your bank account and then transfer it abroad, on behalf of the company.

- If you allow your bank account to be used for this type of fraud you are committing the crime of receiving stolen money, says Pär Karlsson, legal adviser at the Swedish Bankers´ Association.

To stop this kind of fraud attempts, banks urge customers not to allow their bank accounts to be used by unknown persons or companies.