The expert named the most common fraud schemes before March 8

One of the most common schemes before March 8 remains "flower delivery", when attackers call the victim, posing as a courier, and ask him to dictate the SMS code. Dmitry Morev, Director of Information Security at RuStore, told Izvestia about other fraudulent schemes on March 7, on the eve of International Women's Day.

It is clarified that currently one of the most common schemes remains the so-called flower delivery. The attackers call the potential victim, posing as a courier or an employee of a flower shop, and inform them that an anonymous bouquet has been decorated in her name. To confirm the delivery, the person is asked to give the address or dictate the code from the SMS message. The received code is used to access banking applications or accounts on government services.

As the expert emphasized, schemes using hacked accounts make up a separate category. Scammers gain access to users' social media pages and send messages on behalf of friends asking them to urgently transfer money "for a gift by March 8" or help pay for the delivery of a bouquet. In the face of the holiday rush, such requests are often perceived as plausible.

"Malicious holiday mailings remain one of the most common methods. Electronic greetings or so-called holiday applications are sent to users by March 8th. Such messages may contain APK files or other dangerous attachments that, after installation, gain access to the device, accounts, and financial information of the owner," Morev said.

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Holidays enhance emotions, which means they reduce the criticality of perception, which is what scammers use. According to F6 estimates, more than 94% of financial frauds last year were related to social engineering, and the average damage was about 20 thousand rubles.

"The most popular are traditional schemes that have already been worked out by fraudsters. The most profitable scheme remains FakeDate with fake dates. In the first nine months of last year, three scam groups earned more than 330 million rubles on the ticket version of FakeDate. The scheme is evolving — there are versions with malicious applications or smartphone access interception," said Evgeny Egorov, a leading analyst at F6's Digital Risk Protection department.

Popular techniques also include fake websites with big discounts on flowers and fake sweepstakes from well—known brands, where money immediately goes to scammers under the guise of a commission or payment for an order.

As experts have emphasized, fraudulent mailing lists with "holiday sweepstakes" remain relevant. Users are offered to receive a gift certificate, a free bouquet, or a subscription they have won, but to receive the prize, they must click on the link and pay the "commission" or enter their bank card details. As a result, the attackers gain access to financial information and user accounts, the company concluded.

Evgeny Masharov, a member of the commission of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation for the public examination of draft laws and other regulations, reported on March 5 that fraudsters began extorting personal data of apartment building residents by posing as Mosenergosbyt employees in house-wide chat rooms. According to him, such employees never collect information in this way and work in accordance with Russian law.

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