Christmas is now on us, just like every year, we are all ready to buy gifts through online offers, ads and last minutes. Unfortunately, this is one of the time when the criminals of the web are unleashed in the efforts of fraud, which is also in the most creative and reliable ways.
According to the Eurispes 2022 report, one of the three Italians fell into computer fraud (27.2%), 15.3% of the misleading identity and 13.2% of the identity were theft. The Italian Postal Police has also issued a report on the increase in phishing, smoking and visiting events – the techniques used to illegally obtain personal and bank data – access to house banking systems and Credit 2 cards and 18,000 cases stolen. Considering the fact that frauds are becoming more and more sophisticated and harder to identify, we should all be safe to ensure that our savings are always safe.
You got an email, text message, a phone call or a warning from Paypal, and you don’t know that it was legal? Find out that actual communication from Paypal has the following form:
- It is aimed at the name and family name or the name of your business. Everything that starts differently should raise your doubts immediately, so be careful with the “dear user” or the impersonation of your email address.
- Important information never requestedPassword, bank account or credit card details. If you need information to confirm or maintain your account, you will be asked to visit PayPal.Id.
- It also includes connections. If you get emails of this type, do not open a link if it is 100% sure that it is legal, because they may have spyware or viruses.
If you get an email, a text message or a suspicious call from Paypal, do not respond to the message, avoid clicking any link or sharing password details and other personal data. Instead, you need to open the browser, access PayPal and check the presence of new functions. If PayPal is to be involved, you will have a safe message waiting for your PayPal to read.
Tips to identify frauds
Below you can find other suggestions on how to recognize the best emails, calls, messages and suspicious websites to protect your personal data:
- Check sites. Focus on spelling and grammatical errors, which is a common sign that expresses a fraud message. Spell, spell and grammatical errors in Phishing messages are also back.
- The wrong feeling of urgency? It is advisable to pay attention to communications that can trigger emergency. Many phishing scams tell you that if something many important are not updated, your account will be in danger.
- Pay attention to fake connections. If you receive an email or text that you consider to be a suspect, do not click any link. When you are on the desktop, before you click that link, you can check the passing with the mouse. Does this seem safe?
- Don’t trust the assistant caller. To make false voice calls, some automatic systems may be used to report the urgent issues of the account and claim information to account. Calling ID is “PayPal”, but it is not enough to trust the call.
- Keep your information under control. Control the number of places that can be saved as PayPal using a safe digital portfolio for your online payment information. If you buy online with PayPal, your item does not come or does not agree with the product description, the company may refund you based on the safety of buyers.
- But after all … use common sense. If a contract seems so beautiful to be true, it remains intact. Avoid clicking on exceptional offers or anything that has been significantly reduced in the price compared to what you expect to pay.
«Despite the ecstasy of the holidays, the desire to buy gifts for your loved ones and many offers we can see online, this period is greater than any other moment, which should pay attention to all the purchase phase, from choosing to payment methods», He commented Maria Theresa Minotti, the country’s director Paypal. «Some simple precautions are sufficient to make their purchase safely during these weeks and the end of the year».
