Today, I came across a fake shopping website in the name of the leading ecommerce player “Amazon”.
The fake website http://shopamajon.com/ is luring customers in the name of 95% discount on hot selling products.
The fake website http://shopamajon.com/ is luring customers in the name of 95% discount on hot selling products.
What can be more attractive than getting iPhone and tablets at Rs 99 ???
Finally, I tried placing an order.
After clicking on the ” Pay Now” button, the following page opened
The payment page seemed like any other phishing page with images of all leading card brands and security standards to misguide the victime into believing that its a genuine payment gateway page.
The “Payment for InvoiceID(s)” number “5197” remained constant for all the various orders I tried placing for testing purposes.
Some characteristics of identifying fake websites and safeguarding yourselves from such online frauds are:
- Its usually an exact replica of the genuine website
- It contains forms asking for all account/card related information including PIN and transaction password
- The website address often appears similar to the genuine website
