- High -end and luxury products are announced with huge savings
- 4,000+ false imitating domains of major brands have been identified
- The victims lose money without receiving their products
More than 4,000 false areas that have the identity of popular brands have been identified in a scheme pushing scam advertisements targeting Facebook users.
The campaign was discovered by the analysis of the threats of Silent Push, in a trend, the researchers call “Ghostvendors”, which sees advertisements on scams for false areas mainly on the Facebook market by exploding the gaps in Meta’s advertising policy, with advertising advertising of the meta advertising library after the completion of the campaign to prevent follow -up, helping the attacks. stay under coin.
The key to false advertisements is unrealistic prices designed to attract victims thinking that they found a good deal – for example, the researchers spotted a Milwaukee toolbox for $ 129.
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The announcements also breathe a feeling of emergency using keywords such as “authorization”, “vacation sale” or “surplus inventory”, applying pressure on buyers to act quickly.
The links on advertisements lead to scam sites that resemble their authentic counterparts through domain generation algorithms and model cloning, with a redirection also applied to attract victims to malicious sites.
Innumerable brands have been observed imitated in the more than 4,000 false areas, including retailers (Amazon, Costco, Argos), shoes (Birkenstock, Crocs, Skechers) and gift sites (Bath & Body Works, Yankee Candle).
Since there have been so many attacks, the consequences may vary. Many victims have stolen their payment information without any goods or have undergone financial fraud. In addition, the threat seems to be global and is not limited to a country or a central region.
Silent Push says that threat actors have shown an in -depth understanding of Meta’s advertising systems, which have been criticized for not having kept public archives of inactive scam ads and not to allow holistic follow -up without external scratch (prohibited).
In the meantime, potential victims (including practically all online buyers) are invited to warn advertisements that seem too beautiful to be true.
Users can also check the authenticity of offers by directly visiting websites. It is also recommended that online purchases will be made with credit cards provided with additional protection, with fully not recommended direct bank transfers.
