Poczta Polska warns about the new fraud with the QR code
Poczta Polska warns against fraudsters once again. The increasingly popular method of extorting money is to send QR codes allegedly sent by the postal operator. The code is to be used to finalize a fictitious transaction. The link from the QR code leads to a false page, pretending to be an e-store of Poczta Polska, where you can buy cartons, envelopes, films and shipping fillers.
On the forged page, fraudsters expect personal data and payment card data to pay for the products. These data are then used by them for theft from the account, and the product does not reach the buyer.
Phishing is a method of impersonating known companies in order to extort confidential information, e.g. login data, personal data, and above all access to an electronic banking account. One way to appropriation of personal data of Internet users and their accounts is the use of one of the manipulation techniques, consisting in exerting a specific influence and behavior by sending electronic messages.
In order not to fall victim to cybercriminals, protect your data and assets, you should apply several rules:
- Carefully read the addresses of pages sent in both emails and SMS;
- Do not click on references obtained from unknown broadcasters;
- Never respond to the request to provide personal data, passwords and/or account logins;
- Watch out for errors in the content of the links (e.g. converted order of letters or substitution of other letters, numbers), if you find such, there is probably a fraud. Be careful, do not click e.g.
| · RN as m (lowercase letters r and n as a lowercase letter M) · cl as D (lowercase letters C and L as a lower letter D) · Q as g (lower letter Q as a lowercular letter g) · cj as g (lowercase letters C and J as a letter G) · VV as in (double letter V as the letter V) · And as L (capital letter and as lower letter l) · l as (lower letter L as a capital letter I) · 1 as l (digit 1 as lower letter L) · 1 as (digit 1 as a capital letter I) · l as 1 (lower letter L as digit 1) · and as 1 (capital letter I as number 1) |
- Some links attached to unknown broadcasters can install unwanted malware;
- Use anti -virus software, check its relevance and install the update and scan the computer regularly;
- Regularly change the passwords and take care of their appropriate "strength", without using slogans like: 12345, qwerty, name, date of birth, spring2021.
If you receive a suspicious email or if you suspect irregularities or incompatibilities, please immediately inform about the event to the email address: incident@poczta-polska.pl.