Scammers often change their deception methods based on the current agenda and use newsworthy information that is important to Russians. Some of the most dangerous schemes leading up to the May holidays are bogus last-minute tours, event tickets, and veteran payments.

Banks listed the most dangerous fraud schemes during the May holidays

On phishing, instant messaging, and social networking sites, attackers offer deep discounts. And as a result, citizens can lose their money and personal data. This was told to Izvestia in the largest banks.

On weekends, people lose their vigilance, so the hoaxes are more successful, experts say. They recommended verifying the addresses of suspicious sites and in no case giving bank card details over the phone.

  • In December 2022, the Roskomnadzor Main Radio Frequency Center launched Antifraud, a unified phone call verification (EPVV) platform. The system is needed to combat phone scammers. Now MegaFon, MTS and VimpelCom are connected to the platform.

Author:

karina pardaeva

Source: RB

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