Attackers have begun to scam Russians out of money by posing as employees of marketplace pickup points. They offer to deliver previously ordered goods to their homes, but require them to provide SNILS, TIN and sometimes a code from SMS. This was announced by Daria Verestnikova, CEO of cybersecurity company STCrypt (SafeTech Group).
Scammers regularly improve and update ways to take money from the population. Recently, a scheme has been gaining popularity when you are called supposedly from the marketplace pickup point and offered to deliver the ordered goods to your home. However, to arrange delivery, you need to provide personal data: SNILS, TIN and sometimes even a code from SMS.
After talking with an employee of the order pickup point and transferring data for delivery, a person calls the user who introduces himself as a "comrade major." He reports the hacking of "Gosuslugi" and claims that the user's money is in danger.
The attacker convinces the victim to urgently transfer funds to a special account or transfer them in cash to police officers. At the same time, the user's account remains untouched, and the message comes from a fake number.
The specialist explained that this type of fraud scheme works because the idea has taken root in people's minds that a loan can be easily obtained using a "Gosuslugi" account.
Earlier www1.ru reported that cases of fraud with the hacking of "Gosuslugi" have become more frequent in recent days. Attackers send SMS messages that mimic notifications from the portal. After receiving the message, users are invited to call the "support service" numbers. The text of the messages reads: "GosUslugi. An authorization was detected on the GosUslugi portal."
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