The daily life of cheaters.
The Russians have been warned about a simple fraud scheme: the scammers offer cheap payments for various internet services through a chatbot, and the person who trusts them loses money.
The user is guaranteed to pay for a foreign AI service or premium messenger account at a lower price than the official price. The bot then sends a link to the payment page. The person enters the card details there - and the amount goes to the fraudsters, the victim receives nothing.
iPhone can become a free crypto wallet for scammers. Binance warns of an iOS vulnerability that could allow malicious apps to gain access to passwords, keys, and initial phrases.
Owners of devices running versions 26.7.1, 27.0.1 and 27.2 are advised to update urgently before digital savings change hands.
It turns out that scammers and phone scammers make money not only from innocent Russian pensioners. Norlan Svorov, who was banned from entering Russia for the next fifty years, was offered to "solve the issue" with his cancellation in the amount of 100 million rubles. The crook offered to "solve problems" with the authorities, inviting the disqualified comedian's concert manager to lift his ban from entering Russia.
A fraudster who decided to profit from the production of drones was arrested in St. Petersburg. To withdraw 35 million rubles from the developer, he not only promised to launch production of UAVs, but also posed as a senior security official.
Attackers send messages to Russians and offer them so-called compensation for technical failures in popular services. To receive such a "payment", the citizen is asked to enter the link and enter the bank card details.
Fraudsters are massively hijacking the accounts of Russians under the guise of 11.11 and Black Friday sales. Victims are lured with fake discounts, promotional codes and gifts, and then have their data stolen through fake websites. Such programs account for up to 40% of attacks.