Amazon Prime Day Scams

KingstonsMom — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 17:27:47 GMT

Discounted TVs aren't the only danger to your wallet during Amazon's impending Prime Day sale.

According to security researchers at McAfee, phishers are preparing an array of Prime Day-related scams meant to trick people into giving up their sensitive information.

Using an 'Amazon Phishing Kit' researchers say hackers can ship out malicious emails that appear to be sent from Amazon, containing links that direct victims to a fake Amazon login page.

Once there, unwitting users are able to input their credentials which are then promptly sent to a hackers inbox on encrypted messaging app Telegram.

As reported by Wired, consumer events like Prime Day represent a particularly juicy opportunity for scamsters looking to dupe victims into forking over their personal info.

'Cybercriminals take advantage of popular, highly visible events when consumers are expecting an increased frequency of emails, when their malicious emails can hide more easily in the clutter,' Crane Hassold, threat intelligence manager at the digital fraud defense firm Agari told Wired.

'Consumers are also more conditioned to receiving marketing or advertisement emails during certain times of the year—Black Friday, Christmas, Memorial Day—and cybercriminals format their attack lures accordingly to increase the chances of success.

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