Shoppers warned about online fraud

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Shoppers warned about online fraud

By The Nation

 

 

Thai online shoppers have been urged to bolster security on mobile devices before the start of the global shopping spree next week.

 

Fortinet, a specialist in broad, integrated and automated cyber security solutions, on Thursday reminded online shoppers to keep their mobile devices secure and stay vigilant against cybercriminals, before participating in Alibaba’s “11/11” Singles’ Day − the world’s largest online shopping festival and the Cyber Monday sale in the United States.

 

Alibaba’s sale on Sunday is expected to spark off numerous online retail carnivals across the Asia-Pacific, it said.

 

In 2017, the event rewrote the record books when it generated US$25.3 billion sales in one day.

 

Due to high phone penetration, consumers are increasingly relying on their mobile devices and tablets to conduct online transactions from e-banking and e-payments to e-hailing and a myriad of shopping apps.

 

According to Mastercard’s Mobile Shopping Survey 2017, mobile shopping is registering higher growth in APAC’s emerging markets, outpacing their more developed counterparts.

 

“Thailand’s penchant for mobile shopping is expected to fuel a rise in cyber-attacks and cyber-scams, particularly as we enter year-end online shopping season, such as Singles’ Day and Cyber Monday,” said David Maciejak, director of security research at Fortinet.

 

Fortinet offers online shoppers five safety tips to keep their mobile device secure:

 

• Create strong passwords and change them regularly

 

• Regularly back up and save data from mobile devices to removable media, and keep them in a different and secure location.

 

• Encrypting files to protect unauthorised people and hackers from viewing data on the devices.

 

• Install and maintain antivirus software

 

• Install and maintain a firewall

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Startup_and_IT/30358228

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-11-09

 

[RotBenz8888]

Ali Baba and the 40 online scammers.

[Misterwhisper]

5 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Ali Baba and the 40 online scammers.

Open Sesame bank vault.

[robsamui]

'Alibaba' is actually the wholesale branch of the company. 'Aliexpress' is the equivalent of Ebay without the private sales or the auctions. I've been shopping (from Thailand) with Aliexpress for about 15 years now. It is excellent. The few scammers that are advertising and selling with them are easy to sidestep - you pay for your purchase but the money is not released to the seller until you are satisfied.

I've bought about 450 items in this time and been scammed maybe 30 times. Each time my money has been refunded by AliExpress. I mention this because none of the Americans I have ever met ( a great many, particularly in the USA and Mexico) have ever heard of it and rudely instantly dismiss it because of that. It's actually as good as Amazon (and about 50 times bigger worldwide. Worth noting that the Thai Lazada online shopping group is also owned by Alibaba, and most of its listing are sourced from there.)

[Sakeopete]

2 hours ago, robsamui said:

'Alibaba' is actually the wholesale branch of the company. 'Aliexpress' is the equivalent of Ebay without the private sales or the auctions. I've been shopping (from Thailand) with Aliexpress for about 15 years now. It is excellent. The few scammers that are advertising and selling with them are easy to sidestep - you pay for your purchase but the money is not released to the seller until you are satisfied.

I've bought about 450 items in this time and been scammed maybe 30 times. Each time my money has been refunded by AliExpress. I mention this because none of the Americans I have ever met ( a great many, particularly in the USA and Mexico) have ever heard of it and rudely instantly dismiss it because of that. It's actually as good as Amazon (and about 50 times bigger worldwide. Worth noting that the Thai Lazada online shopping group is also owned by Alibaba, and most of its listing are sourced from there.)

I like Lazada because of the COD option. I used to pay for purchase but sometime the seller sends them Thai post and they never come. Its a hassle getting a refund so now I only buy things with the COD option.