Your bank account can be emptied in minutes… without you even realizing it. Behind this silent threat lies carding , a formidable banking scam that is still little known to the general public.
How does it work? Who is targeted? And most importantly, how can you protect yourself? Here’s everything you need to know to avoid falling into the trap.
What is carding?
This practice is all the more dangerous because it operates in the shadows: fraudsters favor discreet micro-transactions , often undetectable at first glance. As a result, many users discover the scam far too late, after their bank account has already been affected.
And the figures confirm the scale of the phenomenon: in the first half of 2024, more than €633 million was stolen through card fraud in the European Union, including €211 million in France alone . More than 269 million bank card details were exposed or resold on the dark web that same year.
Carding is growing despite increased security measures. But how do these criminals manage to avoid detection? We’ll find out in the next section.
How does this banking scam work?
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