No, it is not a good idea to send your RIB during a Twitch live

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With over 230,000 subscribers, Nasdas is a very popular streamer on the Twitch platform. At the end of last year, he caused a huge crowd movement in Bordeaux, with hundreds of young people (and not so young) coming to meet the videographer during his visit to a boutique in the city center. It must be said that on Snapchat, this same Nasdas is followed by nearly 9 million subscribers.

Hundreds of RIBs published by viewers of a Twitch live… but why ?

This Sunday, February 2, live on Twitch, Nasdas offered his subscribers a deal that couldn't be more tempting. “I have a little over 28,000 euros. I have to give 10,000 euros. How to do it ?” then indicated Nasdas, before asking his spectators to send a message with RIB, and explain why they need this sum. Quickly, several dozen banking details are shared on the live chat, in the hope of receiving a transfer (more or less significant) from the videographer.

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Two years ago, Nasdas had also shared in a Story the data of a credit card, on which there was then €16,000, inviting users to use the latter for their personal purchases. Quickly, many sites detected abnormal activity, and some accounts were blocked due to the use of a fraudulent means of payment.

Obviously, we know that neither the RIB nor even the IBAN constitute any means of payment. With these two documents, nothing can be disbursed without the authorization of the owner of the account, but nothing prevents malicious users from using this information (RIB and identity of the owner) to try to develop a fraudulent direct debit authorization.

Indeed, for many months now, certain malicious actors have been happily exploiting banking data recovered from the web, in order to pass themselves off as an advisor from the victim's bank, and evoking a suspicious transaction on the account. “Fake bank advisor scams are the phenomenon of 2023 (+78% vs 2022)” explained the Cybermalveillance platform in a report published last summer.

In fact, the scammer calls the victim or encourages them to contact them and presents themselves as an advisor or agent of their bank's anti-fraud department. They often have a lot of information about them to make their scam credible: identity, address, bank card details, or even account number… So be wary.

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