During the Black Friday There are many people in Spain who browse all the online shopping platforms for hours to purchase products, many of them technologicalwith great discounts. These days there are numerous movements of money in bank accounts or other apps for online shopping and cybercriminals also take advantage of users to obtain information about their personal or banking details.
Therefore, The National Police has given some basic advice to avoid scams during these discount days.
Be wary of offers that seem too good
If this one is too good to be true, it is probably a scam attempt. If the price of a product is extremely low, take it as a alarm signal. Be wary of lower than normal prices and compare with several websites before purchasing.
Also don’t click links of alleged offers– Instead, go directly to the source of whatever is being advertised by typing the web address into your browser. Enter discount codes at checkout to ensure they are legitimate.
Buy only on safe websites, check URLs and compare different reviews
It is advisable to pay attention to the experiences of other Internet users through opinions to check if the Is the purchasing process safe or not?. It is advisable to distrust the spelling errors or from pages that use a different top-level domain. These may have an attractive design, but they are designed to extract data.
If we talk about URLs, it is important that you have the SSL certificate. This ensures data privacy to prevent them from being filtered, since it is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a website and enables an encrypted connection, therefore, it is recommended that the site have it.
Do not click on suspicious links or download files from unknown people or give them information
That is, you have to review the links and check their veracity in the web browser. To do this, hover over the name displayed below the ‘Of’ to see the full sender address. You should always suspect spelling mistakes or added or substituted characters. Be careful with emails ‘phishing’– These lead to unsafe websites and may collect personal data.
Also monitor the phishing by SMS or messages through social networks. Another aspect is that you never have to pay or give personal information over the phone. That is, information about the payment system, including gift cards for products or services, will never be requested over the phone.
If something seems suspicious, report it.
It is increasingly common to find pop-ups that indicate to the user that they have received a prize or emails indicating that they should pick up a package that has not been ordered or similar. You also have to be careful with the sites that imitate those of well-known brandssince they take advantage of their image and trust with consumers.
Be careful with these websites, as they can sell counterfeit products (or even non-existent), be infected with ‘malware’ and steal credentials. If you come across one, report it and notify other users on social networks, as well as the authorities.
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