We live in the era in which more packages are sent and received, and the big reason for this is the rise of online shopping. Every day we see hundreds of delivery vans, collection points and other elements that make up the entire conglomerate of the world of deliveries.
And of course, with so much activity related to shipping there is a lot of value (both in money moved and in the flow of personal data and banking information), which has caused cybercriminals to focus on this area and design scams to exploit it.
Which has led to the rise of the unwanted package scam, also known as brushing. This technique is used by sellers to create fake transactions, and from elEconomista.es we have contacted Jordi Nebot, CEO and co-founder of the Spanish fintech PaynoPain to see the dangers of this technique that may seem harmless.
This is because the scam begins with the delivery of a package to a user who has not placed an order. Although this It may seem harmless since it does not break any laws and does not cost us moneythe truth is that if it happens to us it means that our personal data has been exposed and cybercriminals They have access to your name and address, and it is likely that they have also obtained more compromising information, such as your financial data.
“Cybercriminals can obtain data in various ways,” explains Nebot, “by going into databases, purchasing information on the dark web, phishing attacks or simply by taking advantage security flaws in ecommerce platforms”.
But what do they gain by sending us packages with products if we do not have to pay for them?
The big question is why they send us a package for free in the first place. These shipments hardly cost you anything.since as a general rule what is inside are seeds, cheap jewelry or even cheap and low-quality devices.
But the real objective of these fraudulent sellers is to send a package to be able to impersonate your identity and leave positive reviews of the product in the market places of the large sales platforms such as Amazon, Temu or Aliexpress, and while The more reviews and the more positive they are, the more visibility these profiles have.which in turn translates into a greater number of sales and more benefits for them.
These platforms try to avoid these bad practices because these fake reviews They distort the quality of the products and deceive other users They look at these opinions to decide whether to buy something or not. However, internal control and validation systems often do not detect deception. Companies are already taking more measures, such as strengthening security on their sales platforms, improving identity verification protocols, and reviewing product reviews more strictly to detect anomalies.
The problem is that he brushing It is a practice that will continue to evolve as e-commerce grows. “Platforms must reinforce their systems with more sophisticated algorithms and security controls capable of identifying fraudulent activities. In addition, merchants must rely on secure payment providers, invest in cybersecurity and use advanced fraud detection techniques.”
If you have received an unsolicited package, or detect that there are reviews with your name or data that you have not published, you must report the identity theft to the police, consumer authorities and the Spanish Consumer Protection Agency. Data, in addition to informing the platform in question of what happened.
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