Fraudster pretended to be Carsten Egeriis

7. Jul 2025

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An employee at Danske Bank in Finland recently received a call from the bank's CEO, Carsten Egeriis.

In reality, it was a fraudster pretending to be the CEO. Carsten Egeriis has made a post on LinkedIn on this matter, explaining that the fraud was unsuccessful because the colleague became suspicious.

“My colleague was not fooled, and the attempt – whatever its purpose – was unsuccessful, which confirms to me that we generally have a high level of awareness and a healthy skepticism throughout Danske Bank. But whatever we may think of them, fraudsters are not lazy, and the person who tried to impersonate me probably quickly moved on to try to scam someone else elsewhere,” Carsten Egeriis writes on LinkedIn.

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"As technology advances, so does the ingenuity of fraudsters – and while banks are investing heavily in fraud prevention, the strongest defence is still general awareness."

- Carsten Egeriis, CEO of Danske Bank

A strong defence against fraud

A statement from Finance Denmark shows that, in 2024, there were 6,919 cases of victims being lured into transferring money to criminals. This is a drop from the previous year when the corresponding figure was 9,127.

This way, a total of DKK 82 million ended up in the pockets of criminals last year. The DKK 105 million that criminals got hold of the year before thereby decreased.

But even though the development is going in the right direction, the scam call to Finland is an important reminder that fraud must be taken seriously, Carsten Egeriis states to the Danish newspaper Børsen (In Danish).

And on LinkedIn he calls for attention to the issue.

"As technology advances, so does the ingenuity of fraudsters – and while banks are investing heavily in fraud prevention, the strongest defence is still general awareness among consumers as well as companies," he writes.

Fraudster pretended to be Carsten Egeriis

A strong defence against fraud

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