Overview

• Germany’s Verbraucherzentrale warns that a fraudulent message posing as Targobank asks customers to update their easyTAN for supposed account protection.
• Reported emails carry the subject line "Dringend: Kontozugriff sichern Ref-ID#:" and show generic greetings and dubious sender addresses.
• An embedded button claims to lead to online banking but instead routes to a phishing page intended to capture login and payment credentials.
• Recipients are advised to mark the message as spam, ignore it, and refrain from entering any personal or banking information.
• Official notices from Targobank are delivered only via the bank’s app or secure customer portal, where customers can verify whether any action is needed.