During the holidays, the so-called gift scheme for orders of goods until March 8 is actively used. Aleksey Potekhin, cybersecurity expert at the Central Federal District of the Bank of Russia, told socialbites.ca. He noted that there were two other schemes in which financial fraudsters attacked Russians.
The message about a particular gift may come in the form of SMS from a well-known marketplace or retail chain. To receive a gift, all you have to do is answer a few questions about the products you will purchase on March 8. Following the answers, the respondent is asked to, for example, type, color, etc. into a smartphone. A message will come that they need to choose and they will be asked to install a certain application on the phone and register. And there are many options: an installed application can provide fraudsters with the opportunity to remotely collect information about passwords on personal accounts visited by the victim of banking applications or government services. Or simply sign up with someone you trust to subscribe to paid advertising content.
“This deceptive scheme is based on various social engineering techniques, in which fraudsters target active people who spend a lot on holidays. According to the calculations of the fraudsters, it may be precisely these citizens who fall for the trick of giving gifts for a survey on spending. Of course, it is necessary to criticize such sudden offers. You, your friends, You don’t need to follow links in suspicious messages, even if they were sent by,” Potekhin explained.
The second plan, “on March 8”, usually targets women who receive gifts ordered online. The essence of the plan is simple: after delivery, a call is allegedly received from the service that carries out the delivery and it is reported that the company also gives a large holiday bouquet for the holiday, but since this is special and delivered by special transport, the delivery must be paid, usually the amount of 400 -500 rubles is indicated . As a result, after payment, the person is left without money and gifts.
As part of the third scheme, a man receives an advertising message via messenger with an offer to purchase a bouquet with delivery; You just need to fill out a special form through the link and the flowers will supposedly be delivered to the specified place at the appointed time. address. They then ask you to enter your card information, which causes your payment information to be stolen.
Before that socialbites.ca saidHe said fraudsters were preparing a new plan to steal money from Russians before March 8.
Hackers before was attacked Russians via QR codes on messengers.
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Source: Gazeta
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