Black Friday and Cyber Monday create a frenzy of shopping and people are significantly less attention to how they spend their money in the push to get the best deals. Online scammers take advantage of unwary buyers in this popular shopping weekend with phishing scams, malware and clickbait. Protect yourself and your accounts to be wary of online offers, always secure your browser and checking your position on the internet so that you will not be scammed (look for URL).
Be Vigilant when buying your phone
Many people believe that smartphones are less vulnerable to phishing scams and fraud that computers are. After all, when was the last time your iPhone has had a virus? But the simplicity of mobile ads and websites allows indeed easier for criminals to create Sales and fake mobile transactions.
It is more difficult for retailers to make sales via phones the same way they do online, because of the size of the screen and the inconvenience of forcing people to enter a lot of information through their tactile keyboards. This means that many retailers have adapted mobile checkouts require less information and a global transaction easier. Unfortunately, this format is easier for crooks to copy. When purchasing your phone, use only a website that you know, and access from a search engine, not an ad.
You can even receive text messages telling you your bank account has been hacked and you need to click on a link to keep him safe. If you want to verify that your account is safe, do it immediately, but not by clicking on the link in the text. Log into your bank account as you normally or call your bank to make sure. These dummy text messages trying to gather information from your bank account to steal your money.
Search False URL
Another trader popular online scam involves creating websites that look almost exactly like those of popular retailers. URL like "Amazan.com" will set up a page that looks frighteningly like Amazon and will put great bonding ads (fake) offers to their page. Before you know it, you have given your email, phone number, credit card information and address to a stranger crook. And you thought that many you get? It will never come in the mail.
Always check the URL before you buy. Check each page of the transaction. Check before you connect to sites like Facebook and Gmail. If you connect to a fake Facebook site, now the site has your Facebook login information and can use it to hack your account, steal your identity and send you phishing scams via email.
Carefully inspect contest and gift offers
you've seen these ads in the boxes of your favorite Web sites (and in boxes of Web sites you have never visited before) offering a coupon fantastic or a free item (usually something like a phone that you could never really get for free!) if you just take a simple survey or signing up for a newsletter. These are not real. Yes, sometimes legitimate websites offer the chance to get some money out of something if you give customer feedback, but ads on the side of your Facebook page are not the way they do.
When you come across a scam like that, they try to collect your information. Once they have your email, they can send you all kinds of malware. Sometimes the website itself carries malware that will download to your computer once you click on anything. The best way to protect yourself against this type of fraud is to be very skeptical of any "great offer" you see online, especially around Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You also want to make sure your computer is protected. Protecting your computer as Hotspot Shield will tell you before you're about to visit a malicious site and will block the site automatically to protect your computer.
Do not follow email links
Sometimes it is better not to open unknown emails at all, but it can be hard to tell what is legitimate and what is not. Around the holidays, scammers often send fake UPS or FedEx emails, telling you that you have a gift waiting and you can ask if you follow a link. Others contain counterfeit bank messages telling you that your account has been hacked and you need to click somewhere and give personal information to prove that it is your account and protected.
Another favorite is fake charities. Generally people are giving more humor around the holidays, and scammers love to pretend to be charitable organizations such as UNICEF and the Red Cross asking for donations to help make the holidays brighter for those in need. If you want to give money, do not do it via e-mail like this. Instead, google the charity you want to donate to use the results of search engines to find the legitimate website of the organization, and follow the channels they set out for donations.
Get your Black Friday deals from reliable sources. Legitimate sites will not make you jump through hoops or visit third party websites to get their offers. Be careful and cautious, and never surf the web without proper virus protection.
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