"They'll empty your account in 15 seconds": the Civil Guard explains the only way to avoid this banking scam.

It's no secret that cybercriminals are experiencing a kind of golden age. Cyberattacks have multiplied in recent years, and even today there's still no definitive way to monitor and detect all the scams, deceptions, and cons they plot to steal from us.

The reason for this is that there are so many methods out there; in fact, it's difficult to count exactly, as new strategies or stories emerge almost every day to deceive users and trick them into falling for the scam.

This has reached such extreme levels that cybercriminals are able to infiltrate your bank's or email's official communications to trick you into accepting them and then infect your device with malware or a virus and steal from you.

This is the case of the latest scam the Civil Guard is warning about, pointing to it as the one cybercriminals will be using throughout this month. The truth is, it's nothing new, as it consists of an SMS phishing attack impersonating your bank. The problem is that this scam is very well-prepared.

This is because, as they have done on other occasions, scammers have managed to infiltrate the SMS communication chain that banks have with their clients , and with this, they can send messages in which they impersonate an entity.

As the Civil Guard explains, the goal of this attack is to obtain your bank security codes . To obtain them, cybercriminals send you a message impersonating your bank , informing you that they have detected unusual activity on your account.

Supposedly to verify it's you, they ask you to provide your login information, but in reality, it's just a ruse to get your passwords and steal your money. If you fall for it, they can "empty your account in 15 seconds," and there's no way to recover them.

Luckily, this scam is only dangerous if you provide this information , so if you receive a message of this type, all you have to do is ignore the message, delete it, and block the number from which it came.

If you doubt its legitimacy, contact your bank using a different method than the one you received the message through.