Mercado Libre warns its users, saying that victims are spoofing their identities on networks like WhatsApp, where they make them believe the company has drawn more than 10,000 returned products.
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“The scam often reaches victims via a message sent by a known person, something common with scams distributed via WhatsApp”, ESET Latin America points to companies investigating these situations.
The message contains a link disguised by a shortener that takes the potential victim to a fake site that appears to be the official site of the popular platform for buying and selling products.
This fraudulent campaign is another phishing (Fraud method aiming to obtain private data of internet users, especially bank accounts), when cyber thieves try to make landing sites or landing pagesLook as real as possible.
“The fake site design uses elements like the official logo and colors to make it look real. Also, To build trust, it includes a survey where the user gives their opinion about the company and fake reviews of the so-called winners.‘ they add.
To claim the prize, the alleged winner must spread this misinformation among their WhatsApp contacts. This way of working ensures that the campaign has great coverage in a very short time without the intervention of a cybercriminal. Therefore, the message usually comes from a known person.
Unfortunately, such campaigns are becoming more frequent on e-commerce platforms. “According to data from ESET telemetry systems, theme e-commerce third most used phishing 9.8% in the last quarter of 2021”Commented by Camilo Gutiérrez Amaya, head of the ESET Latin America Research Laboratory.
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– The most important advice of all not relying on any communication offering gifts, benefits or money in large amounts and without any associated conditions.
– It is important to verify that the link address is company related, this time the domain name was not related to the official Mercado Libre URL, the first warning sign that should not be entered.
– avoid and ignore malware infection warning messageslack of updates in the device or malfunctions in the device system, because such notifications are always internal and displayed by the same mobile phone.
– It is worth installing a solid security solution on the device to prevent infections and block possible communications. phishing Y spam e-mail.
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