Number of online scams soars in times of quarantine11 mai 2020
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The report brings together scams that multiplied during lockdown, among them the fake request for money on WhatsApp using photos of family members, account theft through the verification code, emergency aid fraud and improper charges on delivery riders' card readers. It presents accounts from victims with losses reaching tens of thousands of reais. The specialist advises enabling two-step verification, points out that public bodies do not request data by message or e-mail, explains how the criminal exploits the victim's anxiety to obtain the code, and comments on companies' joint liability for the acts of their contractors.
The interview is in Portuguese. The summary above is in English.