Amazon Black Friday, the scams going on

Table of Contents

• 1 Hacker on Amazon
• 2 Amazon call center
• 3 **Beyond typical advice like⁢ using strong passwords and⁤ being ​wary ⁣of suspicious emails, what are some less-obvious​ tactics scammers are using during Black Friday, ‌and ⁢how can consumers protect themselves?**

Black Friday is an attraction for thousands of shoppers looking for deals. You buy it for yourself and to get ahead of upcoming Christmas gifts, saving by category and product release date.

The real offers there is no shortage, just like the fake ones. The same practice that has been repeated every year for a long time, with the most attentive people using Chrome extensions and the like to look at the price movement of a specific product over a long period of time. You can discover several faults in this way. The most dangerous and burdensome, however, are very different and can cost you hundreds of euros empty your bank account.

Hacker on Amazon

A display full of discounted items for Black Fridayon an international level, representing fertile ground for scam attempts. Over the years we have often talked about the dangers of the internet. So here they are very attractive offer to be real, to be released without any interruption, protecting data and money.

some reliable accountswith hundreds or thousands of positive ideas behind it, they were hacked. This has led to a flurry of sensational offers, aimed solely at capturing as many consumers as possible.

For days it was advertised PlayStation 5 to 330 euros. A big cut compared to the price of physical sellers, which should have raised suspicions. However, since the Pro version came to stores, many thought that this discount, for a limited time, made sense.

Hundreds of consumers went on to buy the PS5 and other highly sought-after technology products. After the necessary clicks, however, here comes a private message which warns the buyer: payment not made. In order not to lose the item, it alerts the user that it is needed repeat everythingthis time outside the Amazon platform.

And such an obvious scam attempt to be able to fool only the most astute users. The problem, however, is that in a country that is not very young like Italy, this threshold is not as low as one might think. In addition to this is the desire not to lose the opportunity, perhaps with a gift to give to a loved one.

The result will never arrive, also because it never existed. Payment made outside the secure network of AmazonBy the way, cannot be refunded in any way.

Amazon call center

In recent years, users have often been warned about the danger text or email scam “Coming from Amazon”. Malicious people, aware that many consumers are waiting for parcels between November and December (more than at any other time of the year), send messages with detect finti or link malware with login pages to steal sensitive data and empty registered bank accounts.

However, times change and now, to make everything more believable, we moved on to phone calls. The unfortunate people will get a call from a false operator. There is a suggested method for the user to get gods additional income at the end of the month.

However, it must be agreed to proceed with a initial deposit of 250 euros. In exchange for this amount, benefits are guaranteed Amazon shareswith a guarantee of profits, and a voucher equal to the exact amount spent, which can be used on the platform.

The “invested” money will be completely lost but, unfortunately, this is not the only risk. There is a real risk that the scammer, during the phone call, will have received sensitive data such as any financial details.