• Be aware scammers calling in the Netherlands

Just an hour ago someone called us saying it was from the Bunq bank that someone tried to make a transfer from our business account. ILCO HOEKSTRA was his name, He had the last three numbers of our account and my birth date, I told him i found it odd he was calling bc as far as I was aware Bunq doesn’t call ppl, yet he said this was a matter of safety and that’s why I was called. His voice was getting more annoyed and aggressive towards me but I told him he should send me some kind of verification and he said he just verified by saying the last three numbers of the account. Then asked me how much I had on my account but I said no way give a phone number where I can call you, he puts me on hold and I didn’t had patience so hang up.

He calls back asking why I hang up and that my account will be put on quarantine for three days but I had to transfer the money myself. As you all can imagine I got furious and exploded I said no wat I’m gonna transfer my money to you to ask called “save” account and started to yell at him that o wasn’t going to do such thing and I was asking support through the app, he got pissed and super aggressive and then I lost it I went ballistic on him and hang up.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL DONT FALL FOR IT, if I can prevent Bunq users from stress as I had just now I will

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    @New-Teal-Bull-1881112701#271030 Hey 👋 please contact support to tell them the number of the caller who tried to scam you and all this details you mentioned here. It’s always good to warn other users but it is also important to tell bunq this informations that they can start legal actions against this scammers if possible. Cheers!

      a year later

      I receive calls from these scammers too. They all speak fluently Dutch and they sound young. First it was quite fun to play a bit with these scammers but now they almost call every day and it's getting annoying. I filed 2 reports and I hope that Bunq can catch these scammers with a little help of the police.
      And remember kids: Bunq will NEVER call you by phone ;-)

        ben zelf nog niet gebeld, maar wel steeds sms-jes en mailtjes. allemaal in het Nederlands
        dus meteen al weggegooid. het is wel super irritant allemaal. tegenwoordig zijn ze zo "goed"
        je bent niet dom as je toch intrapt. via bijvoorbeeld martplaats "speel" ik het riedeltje wel eens mee, dan merk je echt dat veel ervaring hebben. kennelijk "verdienen" ze er goed geld mee nog steeds.

        maar 1: bunq belt nooit
        maar 2: alles in het Engels
        maar 3: het duurt eeuwen voor je een reactie krijgt van bunq en vaak niks zeggend dus als het al buiten de app gebeurt altijd spam op poging tot oplichting. ( mijn ervaring dan )

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