Before buying this on Amazon, you have to check one thing, warn experts
This can help you prevent you from falling victim of a scam.
Amazon Shoppers are just a few days of the biggest offers they will see all year round. TheAnnual day of choice of the website Fall on June 21 and June 22nd this year, earlier than ever before. The savings event once a year usually takes place in July and was postponed last year to October because of the pandemic. But Amazon Chief Officer FinancialBrian Olsavsky said they hit him in June this year, thinking he "could be better timing"For customers, sellers and suppliers. Buyers are already demanding hands on discounts, some of which have already been launched. But before buying preferential price offers Amazon Prime, you will want to be on the lookout for scams. Read it to find out what you should check before moving the day of choice early this year.
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Before buying early offers from Amazon Prime Day, you must check the article URL, which could indicate a scam.
Bolster Research published a warning on June 16, informing consumers whoPhishing attempts and scams For Amazon Prime Day, it is already fully in effect, trying to attract customers in search of legitimate offers in a scam. "The crooks are already preparing for the highly anticipated event," warning Amazon Prime Day strengthening experts. According to the Research Agency, some false sites promote "first day deals of the first day", which Amazon is legitimately. However, the URLs of these false sites generally include additional characters. For example, one of Phishing Bolster's sites found contained Amazon.com in the URL, but it was followed by a group of letters and numbers: "Qqcn2.com."
According to Amazon, they will never beYou link on a website with a chain of random numbers. "If the link leads you to a site that is not a legitimate Amazonitarian domain, it is likely that phishing is likely," Amazon said on his website.
Amazon scams are much higher in the days that preceded the day of the first day.
With consumers looking for offers, scammers are looking for an opportunity to enjoy. According to the research of Bolster, there has already been an increase in Amazon Prime Day scams this year. In January to May 2020, Bolster discovered 394 fake Amazon sites. However, they have already seen 2,805 phishing sites at the same time this year, more than seven times higher than the number of 2020 scam songs.
"If the pattern holds from 2020, the volume of these sites in June will have a huge increase in these sites, because we are getting closer to the first day of choice," said the research company.
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Other Amazon scams make the tricks right now.
Bolster noted Phishing's websites are not the only ways to try to try Amazon users. The research firm has also found sites that ask buyers to set up their Amazon portfolio, as one of the company's promotions during the first day is to enter new Amazon members, which involves setting up your Amazon portfolio.
"This page asks users to configure their Amazon portfolio and enter their credit card information," Bolster explained. But it's just a way for crooks to get your credit card information.
You should be very careful of scams before making your purchases from Amazon Prime.
According to Bolster, crooks "relying on the frenzy of purchases built by something like the day of choice, where buyers are likely to leave their guard." Most crooks allow customers to distort sites via mass emails or search engine results.
But the research firm said you can take action to ensure purchasing security during the annual event. The best way is to start shopping on the official Amazon web page when searching for offers, which helps you avoid clicking on Google's links or your email that can send you to a fake website.
In addition, experts say you should always avoid too good offers to be true. "The stores have an emotional aspect and the thought of having a lot of satisfaction offers a lot of satisfaction. The crooks are relying on that to hang buyers without mistrust and steal their money," explains the experts of Bolster. "Do your research before the day of choice for a sense of price points of the products you want to buy."
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