It’s April Fool’s Day! Playing pranks on friends and loved ones can be fun, but being deceived by scammers is definitely not — and it might end up costing you an arm and a leg!
This week we’ve found a large number of scams that you need to watch out for, including ones relating to Ray-Ban, T-Mobile, Amazon, the IRS, the Open Society Foundations, as well as a sextortion email scam. Would you have been able to spot all the scams?
“Ray-Ban/Oakley/Costa Sunglasses Up To 90% Off!” Is that another April Fool’s Day joke?
We’ve seen fake Ray-Ban sales campaigns several times before, and now the online shopping scams have resurfaced via email:
Luring you in with too-good-to-be-true deals, scammers prompt you to click on the attached link in the spam email. The link will take you to a fake Ray-Ban website:
Fake Ray-Ban websites: www.zdcrb[.]com / www.zxxrb[.]com
The prices of the products on this website are all extremely low — again, if it seems too-good-to-be-true, it’s a SCAM! Every penny spent here will end up in the scammers’ hands, and they will even be able to directly access your credit card information. Watch out!
Note: Always pay close attention to the URLs of websites. The URL for the legitimate Ray-Ban website is www.ray-ban.com. Don’t get scammed!
For more tips on spotting fake online shops, check out this article.
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