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The National Police elaborates a decalogue so that the “Black Friday” does not become a “Bad Friday” for your pocket

21/11/2023

“QRishing” or “typosquatting” are some of the phenomena to which attention must be paid in order not to be a victim of scams

• Social networks can sometimes become a source of entry for the spread of scams and, in these cases, cybercriminals use them to offer flashy items that do not exist or to redirect to fraudulent pages • You have to be cautious about offers of popular items with large discounts, since scammers usually create fake e-commerce sites that disappear after collecting money from their victims • Cybercrime Unit experts warn about the dangers of “typosquatting” -entering a malicious web page that has a very similar address, but not the same as that of the real site- or the “CIQR code manipulation”

November 21, 2023.- Faced with the foreseeable increase in purchases for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, experts of the National Police have prepared a decalogue to avoid possible frauds that may occur in the coming days. Social networks have sometimes become a source of entry for the spread of scams, cybercriminals can use them to offer flashy items that do not exist or to redirect to fraudulent pages

Follow these ten tips so that your “Black Friday” does not become a “Bad Friday”

  1. Beware of some promotions that arrive by email or social networks! These may include a link that redirects you to a fraudulent website where they try to steal your personal and financial information. Do not click that link, search the offer in the trade through your browser
  2. Hook: popular items with excessive discounts. Scammers often create fake e-commerce sites that disappear after collecting money from their victims.
  3. Do not fall victim to typosquatting (a user ends up on a website that is not the one he was looking for by typing the URL badly) When you enter a page verify that the name is well written in the URL
  4. Attentive to “QRishing” scammers are able to manipulate a QR code to download malicious software to infect your device, to get your most sensitive data by redirecting you to a fraudulent website
  5. These days of so many shipments you will probably receive an SMS or email from so-called parcel companies. Do not click on the links! It can be phishing!
  6. Look at the design of the online store, poor quality images, poorly translated texts, or spelling mistakes, which do not include CIF, tax address,… they must make your alerts jump
  7. Let the discount be on the price and not on the quality. The same quality and rights must be maintained
  8. Look for the lock icon and the “s” in the URL in your browser. This will give you an indication that you’re looking at a secure page
  9. If the website is already suspicious and only asks you for details of your card or bank account, distrust!
  10. If you have been a victim of fraud, change passwords, cancel your credit or debit card immediately, talk to your bank and report it to the National Police