Next to the holiday season is a very propitious time for cyberdelincuentes intensify their activities in the network and attempts to scam, consider iadecuado play the interesting information that gives McAfee 12-Christmas scams.
1 .- false Timo
iPads offers Apple products are leading the charts this Christmas, so that criminals are busy distributing false offers of free iPads. McAfee Labs warn that this kind of scams, consumers are offered other products and are told that, if they are purchased by credit card, can get a free iPad. Of course, the victims never receive the iPad or other products, only headache that occurs realize that they have stolen the number of credit card.
2 .- "Help me have cheated"
travel This scam sends distressing phone messages to family and friends asking for money to return home for Christmas. Laboratories McAfee Labs have witnessed a growth in this scam and predicts an increase during the travel season. 3 .-
Gift Cards
false Cybercriminals use social networks to promote false gift cards in order to steal money and information to consumers, who subsequently sold or used for identity theft.
4 .- Christmas Jobs
Since people need extra money for gifts and holidays, scams Twitter Dangerous Liaisons provide well-paying jobs or jobs to work from home, in which personal information is requested, as e-mail address, mailing address and social security number to respond to the false job offer.
5 .- "Smishing"
Cybercriminals phishing sent via text messages ("smishing"). These texts seem to come from a bank or online sites saying that there is something wrong with your account and asked to perform a call to a particular phone number to verify account information. In fact, these messages are nothing more than an excuse to remove valuable personal information.
6 .- suspicious
Holiday offers In-season, when consumers search the Internet for travel or offers affordable, cybercriminals create fake Web sites for rent and rentals search for which it is necessary to make the initial payment by credit card or bank transfer.
7 .- The crisis-related scams continue
Scammers target consumers vulnerable to recession-related scams, such as prepayment credits. McAfee Labs has seen a large number of spam advertising of loans to low interest credit cards if the recipient pays a processing fee that goes directly into the pockets of scammers.
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Cards Electronic cards are a very common send our best wishes to friends and family, but the cybercriminals offer fake versions with links to viruses and other malware.
9 .- Traps cheap
Buyers should be careful with products that are offered at a much lower price than the competition. Cybercriminals use fake Web sites and auction to bid too good to be true, for the sole purpose of stealing information and money to the user. 10 .-
charity scams related to
Christmas season has traditionally been the choice for cybercriminals to scams, because it is a propitious time for donations. Laboratories McAfee Labs predicts that this year is no exception. The most common tactics are phone calls and spam emails asking for donations for the elderly and children or collection of funds for the last disaster.
11 .- Top Dangerous
Christmas-themed Christmas Screensavers, bells and animations are an easy way to spread viruses and other threats to computers, especially when the links come in an email or instant message that appears to come from a friend.
12 .- Wi-Fi in hotels and airports
many people travel for Christmas and uses a network wi-fi in places like hotels and airports. This is a temptation for thieves seeking to hack these networks, hoping to find an opportunity for theft.
1 .- false Timo
iPads offers Apple products are leading the charts this Christmas, so that criminals are busy distributing false offers of free iPads. McAfee Labs warn that this kind of scams, consumers are offered other products and are told that, if they are purchased by credit card, can get a free iPad. Of course, the victims never receive the iPad or other products, only headache that occurs realize that they have stolen the number of credit card.
2 .- "Help me have cheated"
travel This scam sends distressing phone messages to family and friends asking for money to return home for Christmas. Laboratories McAfee Labs have witnessed a growth in this scam and predicts an increase during the travel season. 3 .-
Gift Cards
false Cybercriminals use social networks to promote false gift cards in order to steal money and information to consumers, who subsequently sold or used for identity theft.
4 .- Christmas Jobs
Since people need extra money for gifts and holidays, scams Twitter Dangerous Liaisons provide well-paying jobs or jobs to work from home, in which personal information is requested, as e-mail address, mailing address and social security number to respond to the false job offer.
5 .- "Smishing"
Cybercriminals phishing sent via text messages ("smishing"). These texts seem to come from a bank or online sites saying that there is something wrong with your account and asked to perform a call to a particular phone number to verify account information. In fact, these messages are nothing more than an excuse to remove valuable personal information.
6 .- suspicious
Holiday offers In-season, when consumers search the Internet for travel or offers affordable, cybercriminals create fake Web sites for rent and rentals search for which it is necessary to make the initial payment by credit card or bank transfer.
7 .- The crisis-related scams continue
Scammers target consumers vulnerable to recession-related scams, such as prepayment credits. McAfee Labs has seen a large number of spam advertising of loans to low interest credit cards if the recipient pays a processing fee that goes directly into the pockets of scammers.
8 .-
Cards Electronic cards are a very common send our best wishes to friends and family, but the cybercriminals offer fake versions with links to viruses and other malware.
9 .- Traps cheap
Buyers should be careful with products that are offered at a much lower price than the competition. Cybercriminals use fake Web sites and auction to bid too good to be true, for the sole purpose of stealing information and money to the user. 10 .-
charity scams related to
Christmas season has traditionally been the choice for cybercriminals to scams, because it is a propitious time for donations. Laboratories McAfee Labs predicts that this year is no exception. The most common tactics are phone calls and spam emails asking for donations for the elderly and children or collection of funds for the last disaster.
11 .- Top Dangerous
Christmas-themed Christmas Screensavers, bells and animations are an easy way to spread viruses and other threats to computers, especially when the links come in an email or instant message that appears to come from a friend.
12 .- Wi-Fi in hotels and airports
many people travel for Christmas and uses a network wi-fi in places like hotels and airports. This is a temptation for thieves seeking to hack these networks, hoping to find an opportunity for theft.
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