The most common scams and frauds

Investment and Online Shopping Scams

They make think you are on a smart investment... or present you with a great fake online offer.

Personal Data Theft

They harvest your personal information via social media channels.

Phishing/ Smishing/ Vishing/ Quishing     

They call you, send you a text, a QR code or an email to trick you into sharing your personal, financial or security info.

Romance Scam

They pretend to be interested in a romantic relationship. It commonly takes place on online dating websites, but scammers often use social media or email to make contact.

Spoofed Bank Website Fraud

They use bank phinshing emails with a link, various methods are used to collect your financial and personal information. The site will look like its legitimate counterpart, with small differences.

AI Scams

They use artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate photos, videos, and even sounds, pretending to be people you know in order to scam you.

Scam in online purchase/selling 

You use your credit card for online purchases but never receive anything;
They want to contact you outside of the e-commerce platform to settle transactions when you sell something on a second-hand website; they want to use a carrier for the purchase. These are very likely scam techniques!

Scam in Web search

They place malicious ads at the top of results in search engines to direct you to malicious sites, where your personal or financial data can be compromised.

Scam on mobile devices

You use your phone for almost all your daily activities: communication, entertainment, and banking! Mobile fraud methods are more numerous than you might imagine, and it is essential to be aware of the risks.

Business-related

Invoice Fraud

They pretend to be one of your clients/ suppliers and trick you into paying future invoices into a different bank account.

CEO Fraud

Scammers pretend to be your CEO or senior representative in the organisation and trick you into paying fake invoice or making an unauthorised transfer out of business account.

Business directory scam

It consist in inviting businesses to enter or update their data in a business directory (paper or electronic directory or e-commerce platform).

The most common threats

Malware

With the development of mobile devices, the number of applications available is increasing sharply. You should be aware that some applications can leave behind malicious codes.

Money mule 

Be aware that anybody may be contacted by criminal organisations to serve as an intermediary during financial transactions, in exchange for commission.

Plugins

The claims made by certain sites, advertisements, etc., on the Web as regards the functionalities and qualities of plug-ins, such as a higher browser speed, higher-quality images, etc., are often false

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