Dating services in Russia extremely popular among scammers because they provide an opportunity to expand the sample of potential victims.
This was told to Lente.ru by an engineer of the information security department of IMBA IT Andrey Efimov.
“Dating services give fraudsters the opportunity to resort to a fairly simple but effective analysis in order to identify the needs of the interlocutor, understand the financial potential and, through manipulative actions, already take advantage of the person and his weaknesses. Their main task here is simple – to bring a person to the messenger, to try to build a trusting dialogue, ”said Yefimov.
The specialist identified several of the most popular fraudulent schemes. The first is the use of phishing links. The criminal communicates with the person until the interlocutor loses his vigilance and sends a link to the site in order to steal user data or money from the account.
Another popular way of fraud is to offer the interlocutor a quick money-making scheme in a field that is little known to a person. This option, according to Efimov, is designed for a longer process of communication with the victim.
“Dating apps themselves actively block scammers and use various built-in protection tools in conversations. But, if you go into personal communication beyond the portal, the responsibility falls on you, ”the specialist warned.
In order to protect himself, he recommended carefully checking the links that a new acquaintance sends. A reasonable option would be to check the site through a search engine and enter the address of the deiqzxidruiexrkm page manually.
Do not enter your personal data, including bank details, if you are not sure about the service, website. Do not download suspicious files, they may contain virus software, advises Efimov.
