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Peru loan phishing campaign impersonating financial institutions across Latin America

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A Peru-focused loan phishing campaign has expanded across Latin America, putting users' card numbers, PIN codes, and banking credentials at risk. The operation has been active since 2024 and uses social media ads plus fake loan portals to collect usable financial data. Its validation-heavy flow helps the scammers filter for high-value victims and makes the fraud harder to spot.

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Timeline

  1. 21.01.2026 17:00 2 articles · 4mo ago

    Group-IB uncovers Peru loan phishing campaign impersonating banks

    Initial Disclosure

    Group-IB discloses a Peru-focused loan phishing campaign that impersonates well-known financial institutions, uses targeted social media advertisements to drive victims to fake loan application portals, and filters submissions with validation checks before stealing usable card numbers, PIN codes, and online banking passwords. The campaign has been active since 2024, with about 35 unique ads identified between 2024 and 2025, at least 16 scam domains posing as a leading Peruvian bank, and around 370 unique domains overall; similar infrastructure has also impersonated financial brands in Colombia, El Salvador, Chile, and Ecuador.

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