The Central Bank of Argentina issued an alert to financial services users on the increasing frequency and evolving methods of online scams, urging them to protect personal information and adopt basic practices to prevent fraud and identity theft. It reiterated that the central bank never contacts bank customers to request personal or banking details by phone, email, text message, or social media, and does not provide retail banking or financial services to the public. The notice advises consumers not to share personal or banking information, passwords, or verification codes; not to open links received via WhatsApp or Telegram even when impersonating help desks or known financial brands; and to independently verify any loan or other financial offer through official channels before responding. It also warns against responding to messages claiming transfer errors, and recommends not using ATMs, banking apps, or home banking while speaking with someone claiming to represent a bank. Additional measures include enabling multi-factor authentication, using strong and regularly changed passwords, avoiding saving passwords in browsers, avoiding public networks and disabling Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, or NFC to prevent automatic connections, and checking email senders for lookalike addresses. If fraud is detected, consumers are told to contact their bank or financial institution as quickly as possible and file a report with Argentina’s Specialized Prosecutor’s Unit for Cybercrime (UFECI).

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