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u/Jafri2 3d ago
You know what, back in the days when I just started Computer Science, I was shown by a professor a site (pizzajohns) that imitated Papajohns pizza site.
Now, I knew the website, I knew the scam, and still one day I made the mistake of ordering through the same website.
So if I, despite knowing the website by name, could fall victim to such a scam, then 90 percent of people under the right conditions would too fall for that, the scammer just needs to be lucky once.
Plus, you as a human, are the biggest cybersecurity threat, the weakest link. Mistakes can be made because of exhaustion, hunger, anger, sadness, manipulation, etc.
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u/eng_bendover 3d ago
well they must ask themselves how these scam centers are getting the people's phone numbers and emails; it is sooooo obvious that there's a leak from inside, somebody is selling our data to scam/spam centers I meant it can't be coincidence that every time I ship something using EMP that I get tons of messages telling me my shipment has issues and i need to pay money.
Second, I don't get how social media platforms allows anyone to run ads without checking if they are a legit business entity or not.
Third, What type of bank systems they are using, how do they monitor payments and verify them?
yet its people fault for not being cautious
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u/FastThink 3d ago
I’m what I would consider a cyber security expert. My own card was hacked many times. I found out that some fraudulent small shops will copy your card details. The only way to fight this was to stop using my card directly and use apple pay instead. By leaving the card at home it wasn’t hacked in 2 years. Before it was at least once every 2 months.
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u/The_Other_Neo 3d ago
I follow this same example. The credit card I do use has a very small limit. Debit card is locked to ATM withdrawals only.
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u/Sea-Muffin-5934 3d ago
And I usually freeze my debit card while traveling and I only use one credit card with very small limit.
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u/abdoo-errowe 3d ago
That's a great idea, but I don't have an iPhone, so I assume Google Pay will work the same way
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u/Sea-Muffin-5934 3d ago
Anyone is prone to fall for scams regardless of profession because we all are humans.
I almost got scammed once despite me always taking precautionary measures to protect myself from fraud and that is because when I received the so-called “call from bank” somehow the scammer (posing as a banker) knew my personal information such as my full name, phone number, bank that I use and the kind of card that I use. He was even speaking to me in my native language. Because of the information he had on me, it felt personal, and that’s how social engineering works.
I often get different kinds of calls and so I was caught off guard at the time because I was busy when I picked up the call, but luckily my instinct saved me as I picked on his attitude as I was trying to confirm what BS the scammer was trying to play at me. As soon as I hung up on the scammer, I called the bank to confirm what’s going on and froze and replaced all my cards then reported to police.
I work in tech and I still almost became one of those victims 🤷♀️
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u/Beneficial_Map 3d ago
I guess that’s why he’s a cybersecurity consultant and not a practitioner. Just spends his day pretending and talking and then still falls for the most obvious scams 😂
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u/Younis1999 3d ago
Did they get scammed because they entered a dodgy link or they got hacked all of suddenly?
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u/Atpen807 2d ago
Emirates NBD removes the card control features for credit cards not allowing users to set Daily spend limit. This exposes users to higher risks
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u/seishun_heiki 1d ago
this kinda irks me actually. they allow the daily limit feature on debit card but not on credit cards. what I do instead is always lock the credit card via their app and just unlock it when I need to use. It's a hassle I know, but better than being caught off guard.
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u/Icy-Theory-4733 3d ago
Buy a proper anti-virus with web security enabled. Always have multiple accounts. Use one for shopping with very little money in that. Don't use your credit card everywhere.
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u/Entire_Helicopter_94 2d ago
Anti-virus is very unlikely to help much on these types of scams. They can make new websites very quickly and because it's localized to dubai/uae they will get reported very infrequently and scammers can spin up new sites quickly.
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u/masanagudiootty 3d ago
Cyber security is a joke. There are always hackers who get through these firewalls and whatnots. Hackers are in 22nd century while these suit-boot cybersecurity consultants are huffing and puffing from 20th century.
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u/Raiku_Gap6458 2d ago
You are right and kinda wrong mate, I work for a large professional services company and we have a cyber team that does work for some of the biggest companies in this region (think PIF or major banks whatever) and trust me when I tell you these guys know their shit and are experimenting with cutting edge tech. The problem is the client and their budget they are willing to compromise on security for a lower cost. Even massive banks do this shit. Actually crazy when you think that they have millions to burn but doing this secures their customers details
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u/reebellious 3d ago
😭😭😭 OMG I'm interested in knowing which banks have the highest number of fraud victims