Engaging corporate email

The rise of remote (or “home office”) work,accompanied by company-wide updates on COVID-19, has opened a path forfraudsters to attack companies and their employees. Using covert emails, such asupdates on COVID-19, fraudsters attempt to trick employees into handing overtheir credentials by asking them to enter the portal of a fake "COVID-19"company. Once employees enter their credentials, the fraudster can haveunrestricted access to the company's employee accounts and intranet.

Supply or supply scams

Taking advantage of the shortage of certain products, delays in deliveries and thedesperation of the population for resources, the fraudsters established fake onlinestores that sell high-demand medical supplies such as masks, masks, latex glovesand hand sanitizers (alcohol gel). After the payment is made for the purchase ofthe products, the fraudsters appropriate the money and never deliver thesupplies.

Scams in treatments

The increase in a panic due to contracting the coronavirushas created a sector of the population in search of how to prevent or cure COVID-19. Using social media or online forums, fraudsters promote fake products affirming virus prevention and enticing victims with the promise of vaccines, fakecures, and unproven treatments.

Provider scam

Fraudsters pose as doctors or hospital administrators, generallyclaiming that they have successfully treated a friend or relative with COVID-19,and request payment for such treatment. - Charity scam: In times of crisis, it isvery common for individuals to feel a special sensitivity about the responsibility tohelp reduce being careful of fake online shops/stores that use non-traditionalmethods/means of payment, such as being money order (money order), giftcards, funds transfers or crypto-currencies.

- Do background checks before donating to any charity or crowdfundingcampaign.

Some of the COVID19 related scams include - Phishing

Fraudsters pretending tobe members of a national health authority or international, such as the Ministry ofHealth of the Nation or the Provinces, Center Disease Control and the PreventionUnited States, or the World Health Organization (“WHO” or "WHO"), addressingtheir victims through emails with attachments malicious, links, or redirect toupdates on the spread of the COVID-19, new containment measures, outbreakmaps or ways to protect yourself self from exposure to the virus. Once open thecomputer can be infected with malware (malicious software) or we can exposethe information to a hacker personal or credit card details saved online.

Fraudulent COVID-19 websites

There has been a significant increase in newtypologies of fraud risks and, in community impact. The fraudsters are on the huntfor that desire, soliciting donations from organizations charities that do not existto help individuals, groups or areas affected by the coronavirus, or to contributeto the development of a vaccine.

Scams via mobile applications

Fraudsters are developing or manipulating mobileapplications, which externally appear to follow the dispersion of COVID-19.However, once installed, the application infects the device with malware that canbe used to obtain personal information, sensitive data, bank accounts or creditcard details.

Investment scam

Continuing with the tradition of the classic scam throughinvestments, this scheme has a twist, claiming to generate large returns from aninvestment in a company that owns services or products that can prevent, detector cure COVID-19. There are many ways and ways to protect yourself, our lovedones and business being a victim of scams related to COVID-19. To reducevulnerability, it is crucial and essential to ensure that people, teams, and societyare alert and warned about how criminals are trying to take advantage of thiscrisis global health.