Scammers have begun to exploit fear of coronavirus

Users began to receive letters stating that an epidemic had come to their city.

Online scammers have begun to take advantage of the confusion and fear of people who are afraid of getting infected coronavirus. Many of them fall prey to intruders trying to gain access to confidential data. About it writes Business Insider.

Cybersecurity researchers have identified numerous phishing attacks that start with simple mailing. In them, fraudsters pose as employees of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the World health organizations (WHO) and report that cases of the disease have been recorded in your city coronavirus. Next, you are invited to follow the link or specify your email details to read more information about the infection cases.

The links in the emails may look like real links that redirect to CDC or WHO pages, but this is a hoax. When you hover the cursor below, you will see a real email address, which bodes well for nothing. This can be either a link to download malware or a fake site page of a well-known organization that requires mail data.

Scammers emphasize the emergency so that victims can act faster. WHO urges people not to panic and think twice before entering their data on any website. Any important information about the spread of the virus will be publicly available, and no account is required to access it.

While the attackers operate in the countries with the largest number of infected, this does not mean that such a letter cannot be sent to users in Russia. Be carefull.