The Rise of Package Scams: How to Identify and Prevent Them Every Time

A suspicious message from a delivery man who invites you to enter your bank details? Mistrust…

Lighter voice, more elaborate speech, no spelling mistakes and a categorical tone: to thwart the trap of a scammer is more and more complicated. The fraudster can pretend to be a banking advisor, for the tax service, for your own children and even … for a delivery man!

The packages at the package

The “packages at the package” seem to reach a peak in recent days. This is at least what Jean-Jacques Latour, Cybersecurity Expertise Director of the Cybermalveht Government platform, notes with the UFC-Que Choisir (Independent Association for Consumers).

“” “On the Cybermalveillance site, we observed a peak in attack around May 6-7, with 2,000 consultations per day of our article on the packages at the package. Since then, we still have 1,000 visits per day; Usually, we oscillate between 300 and 500 ”. The message is made up of an URL which directs the Internet user to a site usurping the visual identity of Mondial Relay.

There, Internet users are invited to provide different personal data, starting with their name, first name, etc., to finish with their banking identifiers. A MALVEUND CYBER.periods of high activity of online commerce”(Black Friday, sales etc) because many individuals expect parcels, or have shipped one.

What are the steps to follow in the event of a suspicious message?

If you receive several SMS or email with this type of fraudulent or suspect messages, then it is that your phone number and your email address are probably circulating on the Internet. You may have already informed them on other sites. “” “These sites have sometimes sold or exchanged their email address files with different partners, some of which are unscrupulous, in marketing objectives ”, explains the government's website.

In all cases, in the event of suspicious messages, three rules must be observed:

• First, never click on a link or an attachment. It is possible for a link to download a virus.
• Contact the delivery company at the slightest doubt.
• Keep in case the telephone number or the URL of the malicious website, making screenshots.