Criminals use this motive in the run-up to Christmas. Don’t be fooled

The pre-Christmas period is a strong return of fraud using the undelivered package motif – warns CERT Polska, a team dealing with responding to incidents that violate network security. Such attempted crimes increase towards the end of the year. Fraudsters impersonate well-known courier companies and inform about the need to pay a fee to complete the delivery. The target is credit card information.

A similar case is impersonating a network of devices to independently receive and send parcels at any time. The message suggests that the parcel cannot be delivered due to an address error.

At the end of the year, the scammer’s popular method returns. Be careful!

Fraudsters expect delivery information to be updated quickly to avoid unnecessary losses. The message contains instructions prepared by criminals on how to do this. Fraudsters steal payment card details on a fake courier company website.

The criminals’ pattern of action is not new. Scammers target people who are actually waiting for a parcel. The link may contain viruses or redirect to a website that is confusingly similar to the website of a bank or payment operator. This is about phishing logins and passwords to accounts or banking applications.

Suspicious text messages before Christmas. How not to get scammed by a package deal?

Police and online security experts urge caution. They ask you to carefully read text messages from alleged couriers, mobile network operators or other companies. You should not follow the sent links or provide BLIK codes or payment card details. You must first verify the information received. It is also worth carefully checking websites where sensitive data is provided.