National Police warning to all of Spain: from now on, be wary if your bank asks you for this.

Fortunately or unfortunately, we are increasingly aware that not everything we see or receive on our phones is true, but that there are many lies and deceptions that seek to deceive us and steal our money.

It seems like new ways of doing this emerge every day, and the worst part is that they are increasingly sophisticated scams that seem so realistic that even if we are aware of the dangers, we can fall for the scam because it is so realistic.

The National Police are warning about this very thing, in a new video posted on social media, warning of a scam that impersonates your bank and can leave your account empty . We all know that impersonating a bank is one of the most common scams used by cybercriminals, but even so, they manage to recreate situations so real that it's very difficult to identify them unless you know them beforehand.

As the security agent explains, it all starts with a call or message that appears to be from your bank , alerting you to strange activity and suggesting they could be carrying out a cyberattack on your account. Once they've instilled fear, they move on to the next phase of the scam, where, under the guise of offering you security and protection, they offer to move all your money to a supposedly secure bank account.

They excuse themselves by saying that this way they won't be able to steal the money from your account. Thanks to the technology available to cybercriminals, they are able to impersonate your official bank number , making you believe it's them. In that stressful moment of not knowing if they're going to steal your money, they take advantage of the confusion to get you to transfer your money to this supposedly secure account.

But the reality is that if you listen to them and send them your bank details, they'll have drained your account in a matter of seconds. The police warn that your bank will never ask you for your personal or banking information over the phone, nor will they ask for a code they supposedly sent you via text message.

Therefore, you should never provide such information, and if you have the slightest doubt, you should hang up and call your bank's official number to clear up any doubts.