While there is a large participation and many aid campaigns for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria worldwide, cyber gangsters try to steal the money with fake appeals for donations. This is how private individuals and companies recognize the scammers.
As Bitdefender reports, cybercriminal free riders are trying to quickly capitalize on the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria. The Antispam Lab has discovered scam emails in which a supposed Ukrainian charity is asking for donations.
Fake fundraisers
🔎 Online scam with fraudulent appeal for donations (Image: Bitdefender).
The alleged Vladimir Foundation is currently spreading its fraudulent appeals for donations in South Korea (49%), Vietnam (19%), the USA and India (each 7%), Denmark (3%), Ireland (2%) as well as Germany and Great Britain (each with 1%). Most emails come from IP addresses in Pakistan. The Vladimir Foundation host domain was created on October 3, 2022 and is already filtered out by Bitdefender's anti-spam or anti-fraud filters.
The spam wave is certainly not only carried on by these groups. Experts anticipate that more cybercriminals will jump on the spam wave.
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