REVOLUT HAS ADMITTED SENSITIVE CUSTOMER DATA WAS HANDED TO SCAMMERS And there’s an important lesson here for EVERYONE. The fraudsters reportedly sent requests which appeared to come from a legitimate government agency email domain. Revolut was fooled. Think about that. We constantly tell consumers: “Check the email address.” “Look for spelling mistakes.” “Make sure it looks genuine.” But modern scams can look VERY genuine indeed. If a sophisticated financial institution can be deceived, ordinary consumers certainly can. But there’s also a serious question for Revolut: What verification took place before sensitive customer information was disclosed? Consumers entrust financial firms with extraordinarily sensitive data. Protecting it must mean more than simply trusting that an apparently genuine request really is genuine.