The bank said more than 200 of its corporate and commercial customers are known to have been targeted in September.
Santander UK has issued a warning for businesses to be on “high alert” to impersonation scams after seeing the number of its customers targeted by fraudsters double last month.
The bank flagged one example where a business customer was defrauded of a five-figure sum after being called by someone acting as a Santander staff member. They then instruct or trick them into installing a remote access system on their device, which gives the criminals access. One customer was told to instal the app AnyDesk, Santander said.
A voice recording taken by a business customer, who is not named, and shared with PA reveals an attempted scam by a caller impersonating the bank.
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