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One of the most common fraud schemes is attracting pseudo – investments. To do this, fraudsters use companies with big names, mainly engaged in the extraction and transportation of oil and gas. Fake Gazprom websites are most often found, but the reputation of Rosneft, Lukoil and other corporations suffers from intruders.
After learning about the problem, corporations tried to protect users and bought the domain names closest to the real ones. But scammers use newly opened domain zones. In addition to the standard .ru, .su, .com zones, scammers open sites in the exotic .site, .company, .tech, .fun and other sites where it is not customary to place resources in Russia. As of March 2022, there are 766 addresses in the list of fake resources maintained by Gazprom, and their number is constantly growing.
Scammers lure users to fake sites through advertising on the Internet: in search engines, social networks, and instant messengers. They attract people with promises of fast and absolutely reliable earnings, because the "oil industry" is a rich industry. Another idea that scammers exploit is pseudo – justice, "the rich should share", "resources are a national treasure". Both messages reinforce the positive feedback from those who have allegedly already made money on this project. Scammers write and post them themselves.
Attackers are adept at giving the page user the impression that the offer is limited. They place a counter of available and occupied seats in the project, making you want to jump into the last car.
Scammers try to get the victim to register on the site by entering their email address, phone number, and name. Criminals can offer to log in using the username and password from "Gosuslugi". This is the first step of a criminal scheme, the theft of personal data. Now attackers can target the victim with social marketing methods, and in addition, get the maximum amount of information about him stored on the "State Services".
Registration can be paid. They don't ask for much money: scammers don't need them, but the victim's payment data. In addition to the card number, this includes the card's issue date and CVV / CVC code. In order to transfer money from the victim's account to their own account at any time or sign up for a paid subscription, they only need the code from the SMS. It is not difficult to lure out the code for them.
After registration, whether paid or free, the person will receive a call from the "personal manager from Gazprom". They may receive emails with the following content: "You have passed the selection process and are considered worthy to participate in the gas trade." Now the attackers ' goal is to get real money transferred under various circumstances. To push the victim to decide to part with the money, scammers rush the person, threatening that the places in the project will soon run out.
Recently, fraudulent apps have started appearing in addition to websites. Under the guise of investment platforms, they lure victims out of funds, allegedly in shares. Such applications can cause much more serious harm than extorting money. For example, fraudsters can use them to gain control over the victim's banking applications.
To avoid falling for the trick, remember:
After learning about the problem, corporations tried to protect users and bought the domain names closest to the real ones. But scammers use newly opened domain zones. In addition to the standard .ru, .su, .com zones, scammers open sites in the exotic .site, .company, .tech, .fun and other sites where it is not customary to place resources in Russia. As of March 2022, there are 766 addresses in the list of fake resources maintained by Gazprom, and their number is constantly growing.
Scammers lure users to fake sites through advertising on the Internet: in search engines, social networks, and instant messengers. They attract people with promises of fast and absolutely reliable earnings, because the "oil industry" is a rich industry. Another idea that scammers exploit is pseudo – justice, "the rich should share", "resources are a national treasure". Both messages reinforce the positive feedback from those who have allegedly already made money on this project. Scammers write and post them themselves.
Attackers are adept at giving the page user the impression that the offer is limited. They place a counter of available and occupied seats in the project, making you want to jump into the last car.
Scammers try to get the victim to register on the site by entering their email address, phone number, and name. Criminals can offer to log in using the username and password from "Gosuslugi". This is the first step of a criminal scheme, the theft of personal data. Now attackers can target the victim with social marketing methods, and in addition, get the maximum amount of information about him stored on the "State Services".
Registration can be paid. They don't ask for much money: scammers don't need them, but the victim's payment data. In addition to the card number, this includes the card's issue date and CVV / CVC code. In order to transfer money from the victim's account to their own account at any time or sign up for a paid subscription, they only need the code from the SMS. It is not difficult to lure out the code for them.
After registration, whether paid or free, the person will receive a call from the "personal manager from Gazprom". They may receive emails with the following content: "You have passed the selection process and are considered worthy to participate in the gas trade." Now the attackers ' goal is to get real money transferred under various circumstances. To push the victim to decide to part with the money, scammers rush the person, threatening that the places in the project will soon run out.
Recently, fraudulent apps have started appearing in addition to websites. Under the guise of investment platforms, they lure victims out of funds, allegedly in shares. Such applications can cause much more serious harm than extorting money. For example, fraudsters can use them to gain control over the victim's banking applications.
To avoid falling for the trick, remember:
- Individuals in Russia cannot participate in the direct trade in oil and gas; only organizations do this.
- Large corporations sell securities to individuals not on official websites, but through brokers-firms that have the right to trade on exchanges on behalf of individuals.
- Don't click on links from ads.
- If you are interested in the offer of a company, find its official website via Yandex (there will be a blue check mark next to the search results, which means that the resource has been checked for authenticity by the Central Bank) and see if there is such an offer on it. If there is no word about the promotion on the official website, it means that they tried to deceive you.
- If you still came to the site using an advertising link, look for information about the Central Bank's license. Only it gives the right to provide investment services to citizens. If you don't have such a license, you are facing fraudsters. If the number is available, check its validity on the Central Bank's website cbr.ru.
- "Red flag" – promises of guaranteed profits and high interest rates. The real investment market is unpredictable and it is impossible to get super-profits there.
- Paid access to the site is a reason to be wary. Serious investment projects do not charge money for registration.
- Attempts to rush to make a decision, offers to take money for investment in debt – an unambiguous sign of fraudsters.