Beware of phishing and fake donations due to Covid-19

apple phishing

There are several reasons that make us be alert on a daily basis for the issue of phishing, which is how identity theft is known, and for the alleged companies that donate money or the like for the issue of the coronavirus or Covid-19. Taking advantage of the good faith of people is not something new, but these days many of us spend more hours in front of the Mac, pending all emails or connected to the network more hours than usual we can be deceived.

Identity theft is something that we will not be able to eradicate since it is indiscriminate attacks that have been carried out for a long time, but now with more people at home with more hours to see all kinds of emails and others there is an increase in attacks. In addition, on the other hand, we must be careful with the supposed companies or entities that ask us for donations of some kind to combat the virus that is affecting thousands of people around the world, taking advantage of these situations to deceive people is something that also it's happening right now so be careful and maximize precautions.

Netflix scam

En soy de Mac We have discussed many cases of phishing with Apple emails for purchases of apps, streaming services, banking entities or similar... This morning I received the email that you can see above these lines and I personally do not have Netflix contracted right now, so Be careful with these emails and, above all, before clicking on any link or giving our information by email, confirm that it is an official email. just looking at the sender of this. Being careful at this time can save us from being deceived by a false entity that helps to fight against Covid-19 or that claims to suspend a service that we do not even have contracted.


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