Here, we separate the main categories, that is, the main types of vishing scams: Telemarketing Vishing In telemarketing vishing (also known as corporate fraud vishing), the scammer calls and pretends to represent a company – generally, a company of which the victim is already a customer or with which they have already transacte. Then, the scammer offers some advantage, discount, promotion or says that the victim has some financial dispute with the company. Generally, scammers pretend to represent: some insurance company, offering an extension of insurance; a travel agency with special offers or even free travel packages; a credit agency, bank or financial institution offering great benefits; some lottery or contest with notice of a prize that the victim won.
The main trick is to always ask victims for information
All to guarantee the offer, discount, special advantage or prize. Scammers always appeal to victims’ gree, emotion or euphoria and claim that they will only get the benefits if they pay a ”fee” first. But there is no offer, prize, discount or any advantage. Fake Government Call Scams In this Laos Email List type of fraud, criminals pretend to be agents of some institution or government body, such as agents of the INSS, IBGE, the Ministry of Health, the Federal Revenue Service or any other type of government agency. There, criminals play on the fear, misinformation, insecurity and despair of victims. In general, they state that you owe some fee, tax or any type of amount, and reinforce that you need to pay everything immediately to avoid fines, punishments and even prison. Scammers also ask for personal information (full name, CPF, identity number, address, among other things).
Tech support fraud Well known as tech support fraud, cybercriminals
They claim that the victim has a problem with their computer, such as vulnerabilities, viruses that have been found on the system or pending updates and offer a service to fix these problems which, of course, do not exist. Then, they request remote access to the victim’s device and, if the person Germany Email List agrees and guarantees the scammers access, they install malware on the device and take full control of it. Many scammers also make false error diagnoses and ask for personal information from victims to ensure that the service (false, of course) is performe. And, in general, they ask for payment for the technical service at the end of the scam. Victims themselves can call criminals, especially when they see false warnings on the screen, warning about suppose viruses, infections or even claims that the device has been invade by a hacker (or several hackers).