Muscovites have been warned about new online fraud schemes

The Moscow authorities have warned about new schemes of deception in online commerce. Attackers fake websites and try to gain access to customers' bank cards. This was reported on July 1 in the Department for the organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"Scammers come up with new schemes of deception, fake websites and try to gain access to customers' bank cards," the agency said in a Telegram channel.

According to the mayor's office, attackers often manipulate the desire of customers to receive goods faster or with an additional discount. They try to divert communication to third-party messengers, where they offer to transfer money directly by card or phone number, or send phishing links to fake payment forms.

The authorities advise to beware of too low prices, as too profitable an offer often turns out to be a trick. You should not send an advance payment if you are not sure of the seller's integrity, and it is useful to check the reviews about the store before buying. When shopping inside large trading platforms, the algorithm of actions changes — there are already built-in protection tools.

The experts of the "Call me Back" project emphasize that you should never give passwords, one-time codes and card data to anyone, even if the interlocutor introduces himself as the marketplace support service. It is also not recommended to follow links from suspicious emails and messengers — marketplaces do not arrange closed sales and do not send payment links in private messages.

No need for fuel and energy complex: hackers have become more likely to blackmail industrialists

The ransom amounts are estimated in millions of rubles — companies of the fuel and energy complex are of particular interest to criminals.

In the Department for the organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation together with the portal "We explain.On June 29, the Russian Federation reported that one of the most common mistakes of fraud victims is issuing passwords and clicking on links. The second mistake is installing the application using a link from a messenger or from an unknown website. The third is a rush under pressure.