Using someone else’s identity, attempts were made to extort over 2,075 loans for a total of PLN 91.3 million in Q4 2021, the Polish Bank Association (ZBP) informed in the 48th edition of the InfoDOK report. There was a 17% y / y increase in the number of fraud attempts and a 32% y / y increase in total amounts.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 10 fraud attempts for very high amounts, from PLN 1 million and above, the largest of which concerned PLN 20 million (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship). The 10 largest amounts of the total pool of 2.1 thousand fraud attempts in this quarter it is as much as 35% of the sum of all the money that they wanted to steal at that time, reads InfoDOK report.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, 32,000 documents were entered into the database of the Restricted Documents System. At the end of December 2021, the database had a total of 2,142,582 documents blocked due to their loss or theft.
The ZBP Reserved Documents system is a nationwide database of millions of stolen and lost documents. It protects against fraudulent use of someone else’s identity. Documents should be reserved by everyone – not only bank customers. This is the most important step that must be taken immediately, when we lose, for example, ID card, passport or driving license. In just a few minutes, the data goes to all banks, mobile operators and thousands of other companies using the system.
Source: ZBP and ISBnews
