PS5 scammers lure victims with tragic post

PS5 scammers lure victims with tragic post

High demand and too few chips ensure that Sony’s PlayStation 5 is still difficult to get a year and a half after the market launch. The consoles are all the more popular on private trading platforms and in Facebook groups. Scammers who want to take money from those interested in PS5 without delivering a console also know this. They lure their victims on Facebook with tragic postings.

The IT security specialist Malwarebytes warns of the tasteless scam on the company blog and presents one of the postings. It said: “My daughter died in a car accident on her way home from university. I bought her a PS5 but she never saw it. I want to gift this PS5 to someone who needs it. It breaks my heart to see it every day.” Anyone who gets involved and wants the supposedly free PS5 will be lured into the trap. The scammers claim that payment in advance is required for shipping. After receiving the money, however, no console is sent – it doesn’t even exist. Many such postings in circulation According to Malwarebytes, there are a number of such postings circulating in relevant Facebook groups – all with similar wording and similar illustrations. Some are even provided with a photo of the coffin of the alleged deceased daughter. Sometimes the lure posts are adapted, and instead of a deceased daughter, there is talk of a dead son. As Malwarebytes points out, such postings should not only ring the alarm bells because of the tragic accompanying text. If an allegedly unused PS5 is advertised, but the device in the photo is connected to the socket, something can not be right. The accumulation of alleged PS5 sales due to deaths in Facebook groups also indicates that something is not right. Anyone who comes across such offers should contact the admin of the group and ask for the posts to be deleted.

Reference-www.krone.at

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