The Ministry of the Interior has warned this Wednesday of the increase on the internet in QR code scams and those known as skimming and carding.
This department has launched two new videos, available on its YouTube channel, within the framework of the awareness campaign on social networks to combat the increase in cybercrime, which now accounts for one in five crimes committed in Spain.
The profiles of the Ministry of the Interior and its dependent units will disseminate short videos adapted to the Twitter, Instagram and TikTok platforms, which will inform about said scams.
Each of the videos, presented by a police officer and a civil guard, focus on the most common scams and fraud on the Internet, offering the main keys to identify them and tips to avoid becoming a victim of cybercriminals.
The first of the videos broadcast this Wednesday refers to QR fraud, a tool fully incorporated by citizens and widely used in commerce.
Interior warns that cybercriminals take advantage of its widespread implementation to replace real restaurant or parking ticket codes with fake ones that redirect the user to a fake payment gateway.
The Civil Guard advises consulting directly with the establishment if the user scans a restaurant code for payment that redirects him to a suspicious website.
In the case of penalties for parking, it is advisable to check the veracity of the fine on the Internet, comparing the data with the issuer of the complaint.
And if the user has already entered the data in the false payment gateway, they should immediately contact the bank to try to avoid fraudulent collection.
The second video explains the procedure for fraud known as skimming and carding.
The first of them uses the physical copying of the bank card by installing camouflaged devices in ATMs and bank terminals in order to obtain the content of the magnetic strip to proceed with its cloning.
Cybercriminals also resort to carding, which consists of acquiring bank card data for fraudulent use through different techniques, such as sending links, using fake web pages and notifications from supposed telephone companies.
To avoid these forms of fraud, the National Police recommends paying attention to the structure of the ATMs and checking that the keyboard and the slot reserved for the card have not been tampered with.
In addition, when making a payment online, the user must ensure that it is made on a platform that allows bank authorization and the full card number must never be provided over the phone.
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