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“Claim your Black Friday deal today!” “Last Chance to Claim Your (1) Reward!” Check out the hot scams of the week and see how many of them you’ve spotted:
It’s Black Friday! People are rushing to get the best deals possible, but as we’ve reminded you before, don’t get scammed by bogus online shops! Over the past week, we’ve detected several heavily trafficked online shops that are unfortunately hosting scams:
Nintendo game consoles have been hot picks for consumers this holiday shopping season, but be careful. Scammers have already created fake Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft websites to exploit you!
Scam URL: blackfridaygame[.]life
Facebook’s Oculus sells VR headsets and other accessories, and is popular with online gamers. Recently we’ve seen many fake Oculus websites pop up that want to exploit unsuspecting shoppers. Don’t let them fool you!
Scam URLs:
Note: The real Oculus web address is oculus[.]com!
Legitimate Oculus website.
For the full list of fake Black Friday shopping websites, please visit this article.
Besides fake websites, we’ve also seen many phishing attempts carried out in the name of Black Friday. Scammers have been posing as well-known businesses, trying their best to lure you into clicking on phishing links in text messages and emails.
The scammers’ ultimate goal is to steal your personal information. The phishing links often lead to fake online survey pages claiming to offer a gift for completing online questionnaires.
As we’ve previously reported, scammers are claiming that they are giving away free iPhone 13s to celebrate Black Friday:
These kinds of scammers record all the highly sensitive and deeply personal information you enter on their fake websites. They then go on to commit cybercrimes such as identity theft or even emptying your bank account. Don’t become the next victim!
We’ve already seen a number of Best Buy iPhone 13 giveaway scams, and now a new wave of “free product” smishing has appeared:
If you take the bait by clicking these links, you’ll be led to phishing pages asking you to enter your credit card information. Don’t fall for these scams!
Thanksgiving just came to an end, but scammers are still falsely claiming to hold Thanksgiving AirPods / iPad Pro giveaways:
Like other scams, you’re eventually asked to enter your credit card details in exchange for a high-value gift, but all that happens is scammers get their hands on more information which they then go on to exploit.
We noticed several smishing attacks leading to the same malicious link, “redressfestival[.]com,” but many of these attacks contained different topics and descriptions. This scam site is no longer operating, but this example still reminds us all to never click any unknown links!
Promotional emails offering a temping, sought after good or service are a favorite tactic of many scammers. This time they’ve been impersonating WiFi router companies by sending fake product emails. The scam links lead to fake online shops for WiFi routers where would-be victims could end up exposing their personal information. Don’t get fooled!
“Last Chance to Claim Your (1) Reward!” USPS phishing emails have been heating up since last week, offering exclusive rewards in exchange for taking online surveys. Anyone who clicks these links risks exposing their personal information. Be extra careful!
Scammers love to impersonate well known banks such as Wells Fargo, Chase, SunTrust Bank, and more using smishing attacks. Now we’ve seen this scam reaching you as a phishing email, prompting you to open a link for a Wells Fargo “reward.”
Of course, the link takes you to a phishing page, not the real Wells Fargo website. You can guess what happens next if you get this far in the scam. Don’t give out any of your personal information!
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