{"id":4285,"date":"2024-09-23T17:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T11:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:45:25","slug":"scammers-use-festive-cheer-to-push-fake-deals-always-verify-before-you-buy-or-donate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/scammers-use-festive-cheer-to-push-fake-deals-always-verify-before-you-buy-or-donate\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers use festive cheer to push fake deals, always verify before you buy or donate!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4285\" class=\"elementor elementor-4285\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d8be68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31d8be68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ccfd7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78ccfd7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Scammers use festive cheer to push fake deals, always verify before you buy or donate!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Typical sources of these cybersecurity frauds<strong> <\/strong>are websites, messages on social media, and SMS text messages<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4289 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-650x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-650x341.png 650w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud.png 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-02-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-02-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-02-247x390.png 247w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-02.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-03-276x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-03-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-03-359x390.png 359w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.co.in\/knowledge-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/festive-fraud-03.png 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Major festivals like Diwali, Dussehra, or Christmas are enormous business opportunities &amp; exploited by cybercriminals. These fraudsters thrive on robbing shoppers by luring or diverting them to fake or imitated websites or WhatsApp messages with incredible offers that you cannot refuse. The scamsters create fake domains for such online shopping frauds. For instance, <a href=\"\/\/shop.com\">shop.com<\/a> is impersonated to <a href=\"\/\/shoop.xyz\">shoop.xyz<\/a> with the same layout, look, feel, and content as the original website. This is a typical example of latest cyber frauds in India.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Another technique used by cybercriminals is to dupe people by sending special &#8216;Diwali&#8217; gifts via WhatsApp messages, SMS, or email. All these messages have a link to download the \u201cspecial gift\u201d. Unsuspecting users inadvertently end up opening the link. Fraudsters make use of short URLs by fraudsters which allows them to hide the original links, a common tactic in online scams in cyber security.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>A malicious link is sent to a victim. After clicking on the link, a form opens &amp; the user is asked to fill personal details and grant access to their contacts, messages, and call records to get a special gift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>It asks the victim to share the message with a certain number of friends or groups and their social media platforms to claim this special Diwali gift, which is one of the latest cyber fraud techniques during the cybersecurity festival season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Precautions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>As the proverb goes \u201cThere is no free lunch!\u201d. Remember that if it sounds too good to be true, there might be a hidden agenda behind it. 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