Be very careful with contributing money to unknown organizations through the network.
Have a Internet connection and a device with which to use it is one of the blessings of technology XXI century. We have already explained to you on more than one occasion how you can detect an online scam and what is called ‘whale phishing’. On this occasion, and on the occasion of a terrible eventpeople who should not have a place in the world take advantage of the good will of the people to steal and defraud.
Monitor the communications you receive and make sure you support causes from recognized organizations
Little by little, the consequences of the last earthquake of great dimensions that has devastated Turkey and Syria begin to be obvious and that is why the international community is turning to offer disinterested help. In this case, although the bad news is not to our liking, we have no choice but to tell you to avoid greater evils. Based on the information published on Bleeping Computer, it seems that platforms like PayPal and Twitter they are being used to commit online fraud.
💔❗️⚠️ Scam alert in the humanitarian crisis in Turkey 🇹🇷 and Syria 🇸🇾!
Scammers take advantage of legitimate platforms like PayPal and Twitter.
🔎Verify before donating.👇👀 #OpenSpring #cybersecurity #Scams #Earthquake #Aid @BleepinComputer https://t.co/VnQx2nGRFP— OpenSpring Group (@OpenSpringES) February 9, 2023
By examplea twitter account call Turkey Earthquake Reliefwhich now appears to have been removed, was in charge of retweeting images and videos from the media and used a link to PayPalwhich has also been removed, in his bio for Attract attention of those people who wanted to contribute their grain of sand. The online payment company has stated to this means of communication that:
PayPal is used by nearly 500,000 non-profit organizations around the world. While the vast majority of people use PayPal to accept donations for the best of intentions, some inevitably try to take advantage of the charity and generosity of others. PayPal teams are always working to monitor and ban accounts, particularly when events like the earthquake in Turkey and Syria arise, so that donations go to the right causes.
Other media, such as the case of the article published in Bitdefender, warn of the arrival of emails requesting aid for affected countries. In short, we always comment that the best way to be prevented is be extremely careful on the internet and never access links that come to us from nowhere. We will avoid scares and safe scams.