He Hot Sale 2024 is already underway, and that means you can enjoy hundreds of offers, discounts and sales on all types of purchases. However, this also gives rise to a series of scams and deceptions that can affect anyone. Thus, We tell you which are the most common frauds during this time.
To start, we have fake parcel message scams. In many cases, cybercriminals send false notifications, via SMS or email, alerting of problems in the delivery of a package. These messages contain malicious links designed to steal personal and financial information. In this way, it is recommended to only open links that come from official accounts from Amazon, Mercado Libre, or some other store.
Another common practice is the creation of fake sites that imitate official ones and send messages with links that ask for banking details or login credentials. To avoid this, Isabel Manjarrez, from Kaspersky, has shared the following measures that you have to follow to avoid being a victim of any of these frauds:
- Check notifications: If you receive a message about delivery problems, please check through the official channels of the seller or courier.
- Review senders: Be wary of messages from unknown numbers or emails from free services such as Gmail or Hotmail.
- Text quality: Suspected messages with incorrect grammar. Reputable companies do not usually make mistakes in their communications.
- Don’t fall into curiosity: If you haven’t made a purchase, ignore and block messages about deliveries.
As events like Hot Sale, Prime Day and Buen Fin grow in Mexico, digital commerce grows in Mexico and, unfortunately, that also means that fraud is also on the rise. However, if you follow some of the previously mentioned instructions, It is very likely that you will not suffer from any problem, and you will fully enjoy all the offers and discounts already available. On related topics, Mercado Libre gives you $500 pesos in purchases. Likewise, these are the best Mercado Libre offers for the Hot Sale.
Author’s Note:
These are serious problems that are becoming more and more common every year. The solution is to educate the people who usually fall for these frauds, people of legal age.
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