Fans of computer games can become victims of various scam schemes that emerged after a number of developers and game companies left the Russian market. About this in a conversation with the portal ura.ru Mikhail Pimenov, director of the game industry development at Synergy University, said.
Such a setup is phishing. Scammers send users emails with links copied from official game stores. The player tries to buy the game but loses the money as well as the bank card details.
Also, a scammer can pretend to be a technical support employee of a well-known company and try to scam the account password by spoofing it.
“Various excuses are used to further persuasion, such as a request to update data or a threat to block an account. It looks very convincing, with the official logo of the game from scammers or other signs that can be easily faked, ”explained the expert.
Also, players are taking a huge risk by downloading pirated copies of games they can’t legally buy. This can cause your computer to become infected with viruses and, as a result, your personal data and accounts to be lost.
Formerly socialbites.ca we talked about itthat phone scammers may retaliate for pranks and insults directed at them.