Scammers are cheating by making fake website
Fake Website Scam: If you have also received a message with bumper discounts for D-Mart, Big Bazaar and Big Basket, then be careful! Actually, this is the new way of scammers to rob you. Noida has caught some cybercriminals who were duping people by creating fake websites of D-Mart, Big Basket and Big Bazaar and offering fake discounts and deals on them. They used to attract people with fake discounts and deal offers and get them paid. Read the news and understand how these thieves are identified.
fake website scam
As per the PTI report, the thieves put up fake products on the website and offered bumper discounts and cheap deals to lure people. In such a situation, whosoever used to pay online by ordering through these websites, these scammers used to steal his/her credit/debit card information and fraudulently withdraw money from his/her bank account. The cyber helpline team of Gautam Buddh Nagar police has arrested six people involved in this type of fraud group on 3rd April. Although there is no information about whether more people are involved in this or not.
How to identify fake websites
Scammers keep clones of original websites. It looks exactly like the original website. However, by taking a few precautions, you can protect yourself from falling prey to scammers by spotting fake websites.
These thugs may slightly modify the URL name or change the domain extension. For example, flipkart.com can be changed to flipKart.com or flipkart.org.
The padlock is to the left of the URL in the address bar of any website. Which indicates that the website is secured with a TLS/SSL certificate. This means that the data transaction between the users and the website is encrypted. If an exclamation mark ( !) appears to the left of the domain name in the website’s address bar, it means that the website is not secure.
Fake websites may have differences in spelling, grammar and design etc. Take care of such things.