WHY PHISHING IS SO DANGEROUS?
Unfortunately, credit cards in Mexico continue to be the victim of countless fraud every day. These acts represent losses of 800 million pesos per year according to the Association of Banks of Mexico (ABM). We have already mentioned what some of the main crimes that affect cardholders consist of: identity theft, card cloning, Skimmers. On this occasion, we will explain what Phishing is and why it endangers your plastic. What is Phishing? Phishing is one of the most popular forms of scam in the world of credit and debit cards. Criminals pose as a company or public entity in order to obtain information from users. Although the usual means of propagation is by email, this crime is also carried out through internet pages, social networks, text messages, and even by telephone. The peculiarity of Phishing is that, through deception, it is the same cardholders who end up sharing their passwords, greatly facilitating the task of the so-called 'Phishers'. Among the most comm...