Spanish National Police have warned a new kind of phishing that many Internet users find. This is an email allegedly from Amazon requesting access to a US platform account. Once a user has entered their data, they will not be logged into the system, but rather will have passed their personal information – ie username and password – to the attacker.
Of course phishing It's not new – it can be translated into Spanish as fishing, because they try to trap your access or bank details – but because of confinement, the percentage of people using the Internet is much higher, so this is more likely to fall before these types of threats. The same applies to any similar email to any company. If they tell us via email that our account has been suspended or that payment for the unsolicited order is denied and that we have to go back into the bank details, blame it, because it's probably a fake email.
The system is normal: the user is shocked, logs into the link that appears in the email – a fake login page – and then enters their access information to fix the failure. Finally you are asked to enter your bank details. When a user reaches this step, he or she is already lost, because their data is still in the hands of third parties. If so, it's best to contact immediately to re-register or name a card
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In this attack of phishing be warned by the National Police You have been warned that your Amazon account has been blocked. The complete e-mail said by the police is as follows:
Dear customer,
We have blocked your Amazon account because our service detects two unauthorized devices. Our service has protected your account from someone who has accessed your Amazon account in other devices and locations.
Before anyone can change their account details or request anything with a credit / debit card invoice. For your security, we've blocked your Amazon account.
How do I open my account?
You must verify your Amazon account and fill in the details of the printed data in your account when you first register. To complete the process, click on the button link.
The Amazon account will be automatically opened, after completing the account verification immediately. If you do not confirm within 24 hours, our service will permanently block your Amazon account.
Thanks again for your visit to Amazon.
How to detect phishing attacks
This phishing attack is very easy to detect. The first thing to do when receiving such a message or the like check which domain the email is sent to. This should be "@ amazon.com", "@ amazon.es" or something but the only difference should the domain end with the start of our country. But we have to keep in mind that the attackers will include an actual email from Amazon as a mailing name, which makes us believe they are. We should check the email, not the name.
As we can see in the picture above, or the name of the email sender "Customer Service", email is very strange and not related to Amazon, which makes it easy to see; However, email managers such as Gmail are often very effective at identifying these types of carpentry. This is just an example, as there are many emails that appear phishing not only from Amazon, but also from many other companies. If the email does not belong to the Amazon domain, it is very likely phishing
A previous Google video gives us an idea of how to avoid this kind of attack on fishermen. Because in reality, this kind of attack can happen through Amazon or any other kind of app. Don't get attacked again phishing at work, with someone who asks to be your manager, who asks you to send him very specific information or to pass on him. Even the wealthiest person in the world is in danger of hacks.
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