securityweek.comarticleDutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts
Dutch police arrested two men, aged 23 and 25 from Vaassen and Ede, on October 6 over a bank helpdesk fraud that took over €380,000 from 170 victims. Callers played AI-generated bank audio, then a fake bank employee had victims install an app and tap their card to the phone. The app read the NFC chip data and relayed it to an accomplice at an ATM. Police seized the servers.
TL;DR Dutch police arrested two suspects behind an AI-voice vishing and NFC card-relay scheme that stole over €380,000 from 170 victims.
Organisations named here
- bank helpdesk fraud
- Dutch police
- vishing
Technologies named here
- AI-generated audio segments
- Malicious application
- Servers run by the suspects
- NFC
Techniques named here
- Bank helpdesk fraud
- Social engineering
- NFC relay attack
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