Overview

• Fraudulent emails purporting to be from Commerzbank warn of immediate account suspension and direct recipients to malicious links for “data confirmation.”
• Residents in North Rhine-Westphalia report automated calls posing as PayPal agents that prompt victims to install remote-access tools like AnyDesk.
• Phishing messages employ impersonal salutations, mismatched font sizes and unverified sender addresses to simulate legitimacy and pressure quick action.
• Google security teams warn of a hacking campaign named “The Com” that deceives employees into installing manipulated apps to breach corporate networks.
• Police and consumer protection agencies urge customers to ignore unsolicited requests, move suspicious messages to spam folders and verify any alerts through official channels.