Central Bank of Slovenia reiterates warning on fraudsters impersonating the bank to steal sensitive data and prompt overseas transfers

The Central Bank of Slovenia issued a renewed alert that unknown persons are falsely presenting themselves as its representatives and contacting individuals by phone and electronic messages to obtain personal, banking or other sensitive data and to induce transfers of funds to accounts abroad, including through calls displaying Slovenian mobile numbers. It stressed that it does not provide business services to individuals and does not ask for the disclosure of any personal or financial information. While it may collect supervisory data in certain cases, this is done only through official procedures and never by telephone. The central bank described a common scam pattern in which a caller first poses as an employee of a Slovenian commercial bank, claims loans were taken out in the victim’s name, and proposes opening a “safe account” and moving all funds, sometimes citing the European Central Bank to justify payments abroad; a second caller then poses as a Central Bank of Slovenia representative to confirm the story, again urges transfers, and requests sensitive information, sometimes sending a contract by email. The central bank advised customers not to share any personal, financial or login details, to end such calls immediately and report the incident to the police, and to contact their commercial bank if they have already provided information. It noted it has previously warned about the same misuse alongside Slovenia’s National Cyber Security Incident Response Centre and the Slovenian Banking Association, and urged the public to rely on official channels if unsure about a purported central bank contact.