Beware of scams. On Sunday, SNCF warned of a scam spreading on WhatsApp. Called “Happy Travels and Best Wishes,” the scam offers “1,000 lucky winners” the chance to win a year of free travel by entering a competition.
“A fake competition called Enjoy your travels and best wishes is currently circulating on various social media platforms. This is a fraud. We recommend that you do not open the link or distribute it. Thank you for your vigilance,” SNCF warned on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.
The scam is clearly a phishing scam. A method designed to entice an Internet user to hand over personal or banking information. To protect yourself from these fraud attempts, “you must be wary of any unexpected messages by email, SMS or even instant messaging systems such as WhatsApp,” Jean-Jacques Latour, cybersecurity manager at Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, explained to us in an article . . . The fraud exposed by SNCF in this case could be detected due to the domain name specified in the URL ([email protected]) being different from the SNCF name.
Christmas is the time to cheat
This is not the first time that scammers have impersonated SNCF in an attempt to lure Internet users. This summer, emails sent out false advertisements offering to buy an Avantage card for 99 cents. The group announced it had filed a complaint.
The period before Christmas, when consumers are looking for great deals, is especially ripe for scams. Chronopost parcel fraud is experiencing a “renaissance” at the end of the year, Jean-Jacques Latour noted in an interview with Le Parisien. This usually means that the carrier has attempted to deliver the package to you or is awaiting delivery instructions and is requiring you to pay shipping or postage charges. “If you’re told there’s a package waiting for you, check the package number that was sent to you when you placed your order and make sure you’re on the courier’s official website by checking the URL,” the expert recommended. us.
Source: Le Parisien
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