Old schemes today have a new appearance, so it is important not to lose vigilance.
1. Buy a beautiful remedy for coronavirus
In January 2020, Otisipharm launched an advertisement stating that its drug Arbidol was effective in treating coronavirus. Product sales increased by 24%, but the advertising campaign, however, interested in the federal antimonopoly service and recognized this approach to the violation of the law. After all, no scientific evidence that "Arbidol" is effective in the treatment of COVID-19, no.
Injecting people's miscarriages from people and over the Internet they supposedly offered to diagnose coronavirus and vaccine.
How not to get caught?
Remember that medicines and vaccines of coronavirus do not exist yet. When they appear, you can get them in medical institutions for the appointment of a doctor and not questionable sellers from the Internet.
2. who warns
Scammers send email blasts from the World Health Organization. In them urge people to follow the link to find out updated information about the epidemic or make a donation for victims of coronavirus.
The user clicks on the link and falls into the phishing site. If a person enters personal information to it, it turns out to be an attacker who can use it to steal money from personal accounts.
How not to get caught?
Do not cross connections from unknown senders. Check the email addresses and be careful with the URL: This web resource from phishing can distinguish one letter. You get updated information from those who are independent of the official website or accounts on social networks.
3. Open, disinfection
No, we are not talking about the mythical gangsters who ship all the gas and steal the simplified difficulties. In Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities, appeared scammers offering money to disinfect apartments and staircases in residential buildings. Representatives of the authorities and management companies say that such ads distribute and disinfect not only in public areas, but not in residential buildings.
Therefore, it is completely incomprehensible, which will come under the disinfection to a person. At best, it can be a scam that manages the apartment from an unknown solution and takes money for it, and at worst robbers. As in the famous fraudulent scheme with rich gas trucks or electricians.
How not to get caught?
Do not open the door to unknown people who impose services on you. If you have seen a suspicious announcement, call the management company and specify whether they have a relationship.
4. We are volunteers, we want to help
Many during the coronavirus epidemic began to the elderly, who are in the risk group and should not leave the house. For example, volunteers buy products, medicines. Unfortunately, there were those who built a fraudulent scheme to do so.
The attackers are represented by volunteers or social service workers and offer retirees to buy products for them. And then they simply disappear with money. Or they can be deception to enter the apartment and rob in the victim.
How not to get caught?
Usually volunteers do not call themselves and do not come to the stations like this. For example, volunteers from the project "# om" must leave an application and get an identification number on it. It must be called when you come to the old man's home.
Warn your grandparents: If they do not apply for volunteer services and do not wait for volunteers, you do not have to open the door to strangers and talk to them.
5. Return of money for tickets
Due to the pandemic, many flights have been canceled. People want to return money for tickets quickly, and immediately there were scammers who decided to take advantage of it. They call on behalf of airlines, offer funds for the canceled flight and ask you to call the bank card data, three-digit code on the turnover and the password of SMS. And then these data can transfer money from your card to another account.
How not to get caught?
Do not inform anyone CVC bank card and confirm SMS codes. To transfer money to your account, this information is not required, only scammers try to get it. If you call from view of some organization, ask the interlocutor to wait, and take the phone number in the search engine. Or interrupt communication and call yourself on the number indicated on the official website of the company.
6. We will issue credit leave
On 3. April 2020 Vladimir Putin signed a law on credit holiday right due to Covid-19. It does not make payments in it, or lower their size for half a year, which is able to not only those who pay the mortgage, but also those who hang the consumer and car loans. TRUE, there are a number of conditions. The loan amount should not exceed 1.5 million of mortgage, 250 thousand in terms of consumer loan for individuals, 600 thousand per car loan and 100 thousand on credit card. In addition, the shift indicates whether the money was given to you before the effective date, and your income in the past month decreased by at least 30% compared to the average monthly income in 2019. For example, due to the loss of work, salary reduction, illness.
Not all debtors meet these conditions, but to get a vent, it would have many. And here come the underused "consultants" to the rescue, promising to solve all the issues, agree with the bank, and sometimes even fake income certificates and hospital lists. Of course, no one decides anything, and it will not accept a fake paper bank.
How not to get caught?
Don't give money to dubious services. If your situation qualifies for the terms described in the legislation, you can arrange credit vacations without an intermediary. If not – unfortunately, you will continue to make payments.