The most popular scheme for deceiving Russians in online stores is forgery of delivery forms sent by scammers whose links pose as sellers. Ashot Oganesyan, founder of the data leak intelligence service DLBI, told socialbites.ca.
“Such links are distributed in chat rooms of online stores and instant messengers. “Entering card information into a form on a fake site leads to attempts to withdraw money from there, and fraudsters try to obtain SMS authorization codes using social engineering methods,” he said.
Another popular scam scenario is a scheme where money is stolen from people under the pretense of returning the funds for a deal that fell through for one reason or another. As a rule, a fraudster pretending to be a seller places a product at a favorable price and, after placing an order, removes the product from stock, citing, for example, out of stock. The buyer is then sent a link to a fake refund form, which the buyer fills out and loses money.
“What works against the buyer in this case is the desire to urgently return the money withdrawn from the card and make a second purchase, as well as the expectation that the card information entered on the phishing page may actually be needed to return the money,” Oganesyan said.
According to him, the first deception scheme is most common on sites with special online advertisements. The second is in large marketplaces.
In order not to fall into the trap of scammers, Oganesyan advises you to remember when shopping on marketplaces that all transactions involving money transfer are made between the marketplace and the buyer, and you should only use your personal information to manage such transactions. bill.
“Any link from a seller, even if it resembles a marketplace address, is a sign of fraud,” he added.
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