You could save thousands of Euros with a new feature in your bank app

Spain is gripped by a phone scam epidemic. getting ugly. The fake job offer pretending to come from You can also find out more about us on our website., Unending nuisance calls flogging All About It Dodgy Investments in miracle cures have made the country a happy hunting ground Fraudsters should be on the lookout for. One of Spain’s largest banks has finally decided: Enough is enough. Many more banks are expected to follow in their footsteps.

Spain’s bank fraud crisis: Banks have launched weapons to combat the growing number of bank phone scams.

ING Direct The company has introduced a new service for its Spanish customers called “Who is Calling Me?” — and it could become a game-changer in the war on financial phone scams.

The process is very simple. If you receive a phone call claiming to come from ING you can simply ignore it. Simply click here to return to the main page open the bank’s app, head to the ‘Help’ section, tap ‘Who’s Calling Me?Enter the number in the ‘Who is calling me? ING checks the validity of any calls immediately. If it’s not legit, ING will tell you what to do to remain safe.

This might seem obvious but no Spanish bank offered something similar. British challenger Monzo has introduced a feature similar to this. When you are on a phone call, and open Monzo’s application, the app will flash a warning message if they don’t answer. Have you ever thought about it? them. Spain’s banking system, on the other hand, has been slow in catching up.

The government’s attempts to rein in the scam tsunami have been… well, let’s say, limited. New rules mandate that companies using marketing numbers must use numbers beginning with 900, 800 or 900. This effectively bans the use of 600 and 700 prefixes. Let’s not kid ourselves: criminals do not care about government guidelines.

Experts point out that many scammers are based in the United States. Simply click here to return to the main page You can bypass these restrictions with disposable SIM cards and SIM swapping tricks. Child’s Play Fake numbers that appear to be real. New rules have been implemented Kicked inAccording to reports, Spain’s operators blocked 14 million Dodgy The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration has released a list of calls. Impressive? Yes. Problem solved? Not even close.

The tech giants are also battling spam calls. Spain

Google’s phone app for Android You can use AI-powered call screening The following are some examples of how to use You can also click here to learn more about Blocks Scam calls and suspected scams flags dodgy Text messages Apple has been playing catch up: At its WWDC 25 event in June, the company unveiled iOS 26 and its blunt-instrument approach. iPhone users now have the option to set their device as a block You can find out more about it here. Calls from unknown numbers are not to be answered unless they have the caller’s name. Who are they? What’s the reason they are calling? As one observer quipped, it’s like using a sledgehammer to swat a fly — but at least it’s A very big hammer.

There’s more to it than that. The newest version of the scam Calls from spammers

Even the most sophisticated filters can’t stop cleverly disguised links.

What is the uncomfortable truth? No silver bullet. Spain’s tech You can find out more by clicking here. Xataka warns: ‘It’s more difficult than ever for scammers, but back doors always exist.’ The best advice is still painfully outdated: check senders carefully, examine web links and don’t give personal information on the phone.

Spain’s fraud problem won’t disappear overnight. With moves like ING’s in-app tool the fightback at least has begun. For the 47,000,000 potential victims in Spain, this is a great first step.

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