The security is one of the fundamental aspects to take care of when using our devices mobile daily. Part of our work as a means of communication is to bring you current news from the technology sector, but also to be speaker any information that I can help you to be protected. Recently, through the Twitter account of The English Courtwe have been able to meet a new scam attempt via WhatsAppwhere they are offered alleged jobs in the well-known distribution group. Don’t fall into the trap.
From El Corte Inglés we want to inform all our customers that this message that is being spread over the Internet is a fraud outside the company. pic.twitter.com/vQd8ceQv2F
— The English Court (@elcorteingles) August 3, 2022
El Corte Inglés does not offer jobs through WhatsApp: one more scam to add to the list
The common sense is the most powerful tool against this type of scam attempts, but just in case, we leave you the article in which we talked about the 4 most common and dangerous WhatsApp scams that you should avoid. It seems that last indirect victim of this type of fraud has been The English Courtwho recently posted on his Twitter account a fraud that has reached some users of WhatsApp and that He said:
Hello, the elcorteingles company is looking for 200 part-time jobs to expand the company’s business. The salary is paid per day. You just need a smartphone. You can work from home and earn 50-200 euros per day. Work is easy, to apply for a job add Whatsapp:+34695296569
Be careful with messages that offer employment in El Corte Inglés
One of the best ways to detect this type of scamswhich could strain older people or people with certain disabilities, is pay attention to drafting of the message, which is obviously not professionally written, as a job offer would require. Plus, little details like including the prefix of our country in the telephone number or the spelling mistakesdenote an attempted fraud.
On this occasion, the publication of El Corte Inglés, in addition to having the image that we mentioned previously attached to it, it also included a clarification by one’s own company. The company has declared that:
From El Corte Inglés we want to inform all our customers that this message that is being spread over the Internet is a fraud outside the company.
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