The Malta Bankers' Association had warned of a phone scam where people are being called on the phone and told that following some Court ruling, they are entitled to receive a sum of €2,000 /€3,000 from the Malta Bankers' Association as a refund of excessive bank charges. However, an advance payment of some €100 is being requested by the callers before such a "refund" can be effected.

The association warned that no such "refunds" are due, and that this is yet another attempted scam. As such, these phone calls should be ignored, and on no account should the recipients of such calls provide any personal information (bank account number, mobile phone number, etc.) to the callers.