Timofey Bazhenov urges Russians to be especially vigilant when receiving messages on the Internet. You should be the most careful when receiving notifications about winnings, prizes and gifts, scammers may be behind such messages.
According to the journalist, attackers are increasingly using a new scheme of deception. They send out offers to participate in the prize draw. By clicking on the link contained in the message, the user gets to a fraudulent site with information about the prize fund, for example, one hundred thousand dollars.
Then, the potential victim is informed via a messenger about winning a prize, which is up to ten thousand dollars, and is offered to convert dollars into rubles, explaining that transfers between citizens of the Russian Federation are prohibited in foreign currency. To do this, you allegedly need to pay a “small commission”.
The consequence of the transfer of the commission may be the loss of funds from the bank card, Timofey Bazhenov warned. During the transfer, the user enters confidential information, giving attackers access to personal data.
The journalist urged to participate only in legal lotteries. “Of course, the prizes there are much more modest, but there is no need to pay any fees, since all the organizational costs of legitimate prize draws are borne by the initiators of the draw,” Bazhenov said. He stressed that only scammers sin by offering to pay a certain “commission”.
To protect himself, the journalist advised to be critical of messages on the Internet, to check information about draws and victories on the official websites of companies. Bazhenov warned that it is impossible to follow suspicious links received through messengers, social networks and emails. The journalist urged not to lose vigilance, even if letters with such links are received from relatives or friends – their accounts can be hacked by intruders.