Saturday, September 12, 2015 8:38
In the recent months have been circulating various types of scams and frauds in social networks. Cybercriminals continue to demonstrate year after year, despite the filters and greater awareness of Internet classic strategies work.
Discount Coupons
“They are not giving away vouchers discount of EUR 500 for responding to a survey, “explain the experts at Kaspersky Lab. There are many companies that have been used as a hook to these scams (Mercadona, Lidl, Zara, HM, The English Court, etc.).
The dynamic is usually the same: you are asked to answer a survey, after requesting that you share with your contacts and ask you for your details to send you the “course” coupon. Sometimes pages fictitious company created by imitating these companies to extend the promotion.
These scams intended to get your data, primarily phone users to subscribe to Premium SMS services, but the email and data personal to deal with them. Sometimes the scam is as much in evidence as even ask them to call a phone number premium rate for the code.
WhatsApp edition “Gold”
This is an old scam that has recently re-circulate in several countries. They promise a different version of WhatsApp, but to give the phone number of the person to subscribe to Premium SMS services.
Audio message by email
Cybercriminals sent an email in which he says that one of the contacts has left a voice message and invite Whatsapp download it. “If you fall and you click on download or play, you infect with malware,” explains.
WhatsApp clarified that the company does not send text messages or emails and added that “only get one if they have contacted previously with your support team. “
Change the color of Facebook
Another former campaign again resurrected. They are circulating messages that Facebook users are invited to change the blue background color on the other by an application for which you are encouraged to visit a website.
By visiting this site, request that is shared with contacts, call click on a download link of the alleged “app” allows changing colors of Facebook, which is actually a page where the user to enter their phone number to proceed requested to download . “If spades, you will subscribe to SMS services premium” recommended.
Notifications of shipping companies
Another of the ways that has spread more. Cybercriminals send a message on behalf of a parcel delivery company (FedEx, DHL …) notifying a consignment and attach a file with malware. In many cases, you just have to check the sender, as their e-mail is not usually or company. However, the mobile is harder to see the email.
Recommendations to avoid falling into scams
I know cautious. Always suspicious of promotions and contests.
If you see a promotion on social networks and would like to participate, ask the official company profile on Facebook or Twitter if the promotion is yours and it is real.
Pay attention to the URLs of the web to which redirects the promotion.
-Many attention also with emails. Check sender and spelling errors. If an attachment is, think 3 times before downloading, is likely to be malware.
-Da low premium SMS services. Call your phone company and ask that you never subscribe to such services. You’ll save more than a disappointment
Source:. http://www.abc.es/tecnologia/redes/20150912/abci-cinco-estafas-circulan -networks-201509111807.html
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