Beware of false alerts in the name of the Banco de España!

02/01/2025

On certain websites, information is collected that echoes alleged warnings from the Bank of Spain that warn, for example, about the dangers of paying by credit card, state how much money should be kept at home or promote certain financial products. All, of course, fake.

To draw attention, striking expressions such as ‘Banco de España alert on ...’ or ‘Banco de España warns: do not do ...’ are used.

Much of this information is prepared by artificial intelligence so that the reader clicks the link, not so that they are informed. If you have cliked the link, you will have noticed that the news makes no sense.

The authentic warnings and alerts of the Bank of Spain are published on our website.

Here are some of them.

• The Banco de España does not operate with private individualsAbre en ventana nueva
• Collection of "winnings" deposited with the Banco de EspañaAbre en ventana nueva
• "Banking services" offered via the internetAbre en ventana nueva
• Possible fraudulent lending from abroadAbre en ventana nueva
• Fraudulent e-mails in the name of the Banco de EspañaAbre en ventana nueva
• SEC statement on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings
• Risks related to the transfer of digital certificates to a third partyAbre en ventana nueva

And if you are looking for more news about different financial frauds, you have at your disposal our series "Protect yourself against fraud"Abre en ventana nueva

“Disclaimer: Please note that this is a translation of the original in Spanish that has been obtained using eTranslation (the machine translation tool provided by the European Commission), with the intention of giving you a basic idea of the content in English until a human translation becomes available. The Banco de España accepts no liability whatsoever in connection with this translation.”