online shopping have become popular as a result of the pandemic, since they are a means practical and easy to access the products that people want to buy without having to leave their homes.
This practice of digital commerce It also draws the attention of cybercriminals who, through this modality, can acquire personal information of buyers in order to carry out scams or economic embezzlement from them.
(See: The step by step to create a difficult and secure password).
For this reason the portal ‘Xataca’ revealed some recommendations What people should take into account when they want to buy some product on web pages to prevent cyber theft.
‘Tips’ for online shopping
Knasta works to be used for ‘online’ purchases.
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-Observe the URL of the page: one of the tips to make safe online purchases is to check the URL of the web page where you want to get the product. For example, if the URL is ‘https‘This has security protocols that alert Internet users of fraud on the page, according to ‘Xataca’.
On the other hand, if the URL is ‘http’ does not have this characteristic and it could be a fraudulent page.
(See: Follow these tips and avoid being a victim of information theft on the web).
-Pay attention to the name and extension: “ANDIt’s common for a page to end in .com, .org, or .net, so to verify its viability and security you can copy the URL to the Domaintools.com site where the web history will appear. In the event that the name and the extension end in .es, the inquiry can be made at Dominios.es”, according to the ‘Tic Portal’.
-Inquire about the page: to identify if a website is fake it should be inquired about the time of permanence of the same, since usually this type of web pages do not last long time in force, according to expert engineers in this subject.
Besides ‘Xataca‘ informs that this does not include pages that are new, since for this type of case the ideal is search for information on the internet of the brand or company to which the website belongs for greater security.
(See: This is the profile of the Colombian ‘e-commerce’ buyer).
On the other hand, the cybercrime modality not only operates on fraudulent web pages, but also manages many more methods to defraud people that on many occasions citizens do not know. Below we tell you what they are and what they are about.
Modalities of digital fraud
Do not make purchases when you are connected to a computer at an Internet cafe or from a public network because it is easier for a cybercriminal to lurk.
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– Identity fraud: It happens, almost always, through emails or text messages. fake text. The scammer pretends to be people or companies that users trust to obtain passwords or credentials and conduct transactions.
– Fraud through social networks: criminals offer services, such as loans, in exchange for few documents. However, what they are looking for is to have some information about you so that they can later request banking products pretending to be you. Do not trust financial products that are offered to you by networks.
– Identity card thefts: many times, if they steal your purse or walletthe reason behind it is to have your identity document to request, virtually, financial products. So, if you lose your document, report it immediately to the authorities and create an alert at financial institutions.
– ‘Fake landing page’: are fake pages recognized financial companies and that are dedicated to obtaining personal data, in addition to offering loans. Normally, they ask to pay some ‘payout rights’ to deliver the loans. If this happens to you, please exit the page.
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