VTB named the most common fraudulent schemes ahead of the New Year holidays.
Fraudsters use situational phishing and fake company apps to promise supposedly great deals.
A sharp increase in widespread “New Year” scams is most often observed in the run-up to the holidays, TASS reports.
Fraudulent schemes
Fraudsters use false payment notifications as one of their holiday scams.
They offer users to install phishing applications under the guise of New Year bonuses or social payments.
Secondly, scammers post fake websites and applications with offers on behalf of different companies.
After the transition, the user downloads malicious software that collects card data.
Thirdly, scammers send spyware disguised as New Year's cards and videos.
Another scheme involves asking users to download New Year's apps containing malware.
Such apps give attackers access to the camera, microphone, banking apps and data from the phone.
