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Refund scam

In Turkish: İade dolandırıcılığı

A message or call offering a refund, a rebate or compensation, used to get your card details, codes or remote access.

The message says you are owed money back from a shop, a tax office or a bank, and asks you to "confirm" your card or log in at a page. Receiving money needs only an IBAN, so a request for card number, code or CVV is a warning.

Some versions ask you to install a screen-sharing app "to process the refund". Real organisations do not do that.

What to do

  1. Check any claimed refund in the shop's own app or on the official site you type yourself.
  2. Never give card details, codes or remote access to receive money.
  3. Paste the message into the Message Check tool if you are unsure.

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  • Message checker

    Paste a suspicious text, WhatsApp message or email. We tell you whether it looks like a scam and what to do.

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