Morelia, Michoacán.- Credit cards are increasingly popular among adults in Mexico. There are people who have experience using them but there are those who are new and do not know how to protect them from fraud or theft of banking information. Here we give you three tips to protect your card from misuse.
Banking institutions are required to have cybersecurity and cyberintelligence measures and locks to protect the user from possible scams. The Association of Banks of Mexico (ABN) assured that although it is the banks’ obligation to improve cardholders’ cards, it is the users’ responsibility to take care of them and avoid fraud.
What do you advise to take care of the credit card?
Cybercriminals set very simple traps for cardholders to fall into, and in many cases they work. Some range from text messages, emails or phone calls posing as bank agents to request information. We give you three tips with which you will avoid fraud.
Don’t open links in emails
This is the most common method. Through an email, scammers pose as your bank and ask you to enter a link. Upon entering, your phone becomes infected with malware with which they can violate your security and empty your accounts or use credit cards, as well as hack social networks and contacts.
Visit secure virtual stores
Another scam that has grown and more and more people are falling for is website spoofing. The
