Scammers can also use these platforms to ask the genuine owners' friends/contacts/followers for loans.įinance-related accounts (e.g., banking, online money transferring, digital wallet, e-commerce, etc.) can be used to make fraudulent transactions and online purchases.
To elaborate on how this can be abused, communication accounts (e.g., emails, social media/networking, messengers, etc.) can be used to send spam and/or proliferate malware.
Therefore, via a hijacked email account, access may be gained to platforms associated with it (e.g., registered through the email). I.e., by trying to log in through this site, users might have their email accounts stolen by the scammers.Įmails are particularly targeted by scammers and cyber criminals, as they are typically connected to other accounts and services. Passwords entered into this web page/pop-ups will be inadvertently exposed to the individuals/groups behind the "Kaspersky email scam". This site displays a pop-up window that asks users to verify their email accounts by signing into them. The " SCAN NOW" button within these emails redirects to a phishing website. The fake messages advise performing a full scan to prevent damage to stored files and the system itself. The "Kaspersky" scam emails (subject/title " Attention Urgent Scanning Needed !" may vary) state that malignant files have been found in recipients' email inboxes during a daily automatic scan. Therefore, never trust these fraudulent "Kaspersky" emails, as doing so can result in email account loss and other serious problems. Phishing pages are designed to record the information entered into them, in this case, mail account log-in credentials (i.e., email addresses and passwords). This spam campaign aims to promote a phishing website, which asks users to verify their emails by logging into the accounts. The scam messages claim that malicious files have been detected in recipients' mailboxes. Note that these fake emails are in no way associated with the genuine Kaspersky Lab, despite any proclamations stating otherwise. The messages distributed through this campaign are presented as messages from Kaspersky Lab, the global cyber security service and anti-virus software provider. "Kaspersky email scam" refers to a spam campaign, a large-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand.
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