In recent years common deceit which scammers use to lure and trap their victims into their fraudulence act is by creating fake websites on famous brand sites.
Nowadays, instead of sending e-mails to phish for the personal information of the targeted person, scammers use search engines to direct victims to bogus websites where their details can be stolen.
Many fake brands that include North Face, Puma, Casio, Fossil, Pandora, Nike etc are visible on the Google search engines with Word Wide Web(WWW) addresses that look alike with the real brand names.
"More than 100 footwear brands were targeted by the brand imitating scam, which started in June 2022", said the report.
Bolster's threat research by a cybersecurity team recently detected more than 3,000 live internet domains used by scammers. Bolster said “The domains would go back and forth between being active and inactive every month”, the source reported.
“Buyers enter their e-mail, password and credit card details, unknowingly releasing their personal information. “Instead of delivering the promised products, the scammers either never send anything or ship low-quality knock-offs sourced from Chinese marketplaces.” the source said. A majority, about 1,500 of these scam domains were also found to be registered with Alibaba’s e-commerce platform, the source added.
Experts have warned that people should avoid using credit cards to pay for items on lesser-known sites and are advised to use PayPal or other forms of payment that do not require disclosing financial information while buying goods online.
詐騙者在網絡釣魚詐騙中設計類似於流行品牌的虛假網站
近年來，詐騙者用來引誘和誘騙受害者進行欺詐行為的常見欺騙手段是在知名品牌網站上創建虛假網站。
如今，詐騙者不再發送電子郵件以獲取目標人員的個人信息，而是使用搜索引擎將受害者引導至虛假網站，在那裡他們的詳細信息可能被竊取。
在谷歌搜索引擎上可以看到許多假冒品牌，包括 North Face、Puma、Casio、Fossil、Pandora、Nike 等，其萬維網 (WWW) 地址看起來與真實品牌名稱相似。
報告稱：“2022 年 6 月開始的品牌模仿騙局針對 100 多個鞋類品牌。”
Bolster 的一個網絡安全團隊進行的威脅研究最近檢測到詐騙者使用的 3,000 多個實時互聯網域。 據消息人士報導，Bolster 表示，“這些域名每個月都會在活躍和不活躍之間來回切換”。
“買家輸入他們的電子郵件、密碼和信用卡詳細信息，在不知不覺中洩露了他們的個人信息。 “詐騙者沒有提供承諾的產品，而是根本不發送任何東西，或者運送來自中國市場的低質量仿冒品。” 消息人士稱。 消息人士補充說，這些詐騙域名中的大多數（約 1,500 個）也被發現是在阿里巴巴的電子商務平台上註冊的。
專家警告說，人們應該避免使用信用卡在鮮為人知的網站上支付商品，並建議在網上購買商品時使用 PayPal 或其他不需要披露財務信息的支付方式。
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