Barclays telephone scam

Barclay's telephone scam

What is barclay's ?

If you don't know what Barclay's is, it's a UK bank that is very popular and a lot of people go with them for banking.

What is the Barclay's scam ?

What is the Barclay's scam. Although I've never received one myself, I have seen numerous people receive a call from someone pretending to be from Barclay's and basically saying "in these times with the corona virus going around they can offer you a grant, but first they need your bank details" this is how you can tell that it's a scam, your bank would never ask for bank or card details.

What you should do if you get contacted or have fallen victim ?

What should you do if you receive one of these calls, decline the call. If you do answer because you don't recognize the number DO NOT give out any bank details to anyone, if they ask for bank details put down the phone.

If you get contacted by these scammers please report them here

• https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
• https://www.barclays.co.uk/digisafe/reporting-fraud/

both links work. If you end up falling victim to this scam just be aware it may not only be Barclay's they probably pretend to be multiple banks. Just make sure to never give out bank information and if you receive a call, inform the bank they are imitating and report the phone number they are using.

New BT email scam

New BT email scam.

There is a new BT email phishing scam going around the uk. It's made to look like a real BT email, they state in the email that they will be replacing your broadband cables and your internet will fluctuate between the dates they give you. But for the inconvenience they will give you a gift coupon for 12 months free streaming services and redirects you to a fake page where they try get you to enter your bank details for proof of age (DO NOT FALL FOR THIS). I will show below how you can tell that this is a scam and should not be trusted. 

How to tell that this is a scam.

I will be showing you a couple of ways on how you can tell that this is a scam and there only trying to gain information from you. While writing this it wont let me redirect to the site they sent me as it has been took down but i'm sure they will use the same technique but different link.

First of its very simple, if you ever get any emails pretending to be from a company and your not to sure if its a phishing email you should look up on the internet the official email address. For example the email I received the address was (newsletter@unaunace.com) obviously that is not BT's real email address because if you receive a email from bt it should have (@btinternet.com).

How to stay safe from fake emails.

The best way to stay safe from fake emails that are trying to phish information and most probably your card details are 

1. DO NOT open any links from any email that you don't know where they have come from.
2. ALWAYS double check the email address you received with the real email address where you can find online.
3. If you do click on a link from a email do not put in your information like home address and card details especially if you don't know where the email come from.
4. Always check the address bar this may not always be the case but make sure the url starts with (https).
5. Always check for spelling mistakes.
6. And most important advice I can give you is if it looks to good to be true, then it is. 

 If you would like more information about scams/hacking/phishing check out my other posts i'll link below. I will be uploading more in the future to make more people aware on what's going on.

https://misconceptionhacker.blogspot.com/2020/03/misconception-of-hackers-and-being.html

The blackmail email scam

The blackmail email scam.

Today im going to be explaining the blackmail email scam, which thousands of people have fell for. With each sending thousands to fake blackmailers, I know this because I have received these emails in the past and you can follow the bitcoin addresses they link to find out how many times the scam has worked and how much for.

The scam is very simple. They send out emails in mass explaining that they have your password and have planted a virus on your computer where they have found interesting stuff in your internet history and they will share it to everyone you know, DO NOT FALL FOR THIS.

What they have done is got a hold of an old database that has been leaked and found your details. Then they claim to know your password and are going to share information about you to your friends and family if you don't send them a set amount through bitcoin, normally within 24/48 hours.

What to do if you receive a email like this, sorry to say but your details have been leaked somewhere on the internet where people can easy pick them up. So if you have recieved a email like this please make sure to

• change passwords for all of your accounts

This method of scamming is very good for the scammer because they use bitcoin which is hard to track down and trace where the money is going but if you have fell for this please report it here https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/scam-emails

To avoid this use common sense they normally use a pre written script that either has spelling mistakes or is grammatically incorrect, and no one should physically have any browsing history unless they gain access to your computer through a virus you have downloaded which won't be the case.

The most common way your accounts get hacked

Being hacked.

Being hacked is never fun for anyone, as much as you try to keep yourself safe online and have the most secure password imaginable your account still can get hacked from no fault of your own.

Even if you don't sign up to dodgy sites or click dodgy links, your account can still get hacked. How? you ask, well even some of the most well known sites, for example facebook, still get data breaches where thousands of accounts gets leaked online to public forums.

Most people think that if any of there accounts are hacked they have been targeted personally, but that is not the case. Most hackers aren't even hackers, they are known as crackers thats where people get mixed up. A hacker normally has a lot of technological knowledge and are targeting people or databases or unsecure sites.

But crackers do it completely different and in most cases your account has been taken over by a cracker. Crackers don't have to much technological knowledge, well not as much as a hacker would have normally.

How crackers get hold of your account without targeting anyone directly is they go on forums, there's a lot of forums out there for people who crack where they download databases that have been targeted and shared by hackers. They run that database through many programs to detect working accounts for targeted sites, normally to make money or for personal use.

There is many sites out there that can tell you if your accounts have been breached and leaked online, for example i will list a couple of sites that tell you what sites have had a database breach.

• Snusbase
• DeHashed
• GhostProject.fr

There's loads more out there for you to check if you search 'database breaches' into google.
If your account has been breached make sure to change your password straight away because you don't know where it has been posted or who has access to your information.

If you like to see my other blogs ill link them below, hopefully they might help you out and give you some more information on how to stay safe online.

• https://misconceptionhacker.blogspot.com/2020/03/who-coronavirus-scam-email.html
• https://misconceptionhacker.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-bt-email-scam.html
• https://misconceptionhacker.blogspot.com/2020/03/misconception-of-hackers-and-being.html