In recent weeks, scams on streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime or Netflix have multiplied. Measures which aim to recover the banking data of customers of these platforms. So if you don’t want to be fooled, follow our security tips!
Cybercrime has been raging in recent years and those who benefit the most are the scammers who are desperate to make you fall into their trap. After the loyalty card scam, the fake bank advisors and recently the fake parking fines, it is the streaming platforms that are back in the sights of these multi-talented crooks. If in 2023, the platform with the red N had already warned of numerous scams for which it was paying the price, subscribers to these video-on-demand services must once again be careful.
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The small scams recognizable at 10,000 km are over, today the crooks compete in ingenuity to get what they want. If in recent years, Internet users have become more and more informed about all these techniques such as phishing, in recent months a completely new technique has appeared: smishing. A method used to trap subscribers to the Netflix and Prime Video platforms in recent weeks.
SMS and e-mail: Netflix and Prime Video subscriptions targeted
It’s the media Actu.fr which reveals the underside of this scam. Indeed, the online magazine reveals that many subscribers to the Netflix and Amazon Prime platforms have contacted the editorial staff to denounce the receipt of fraudulent SMS and emails. In these famous messages, the subscriber is then informed that his last withdrawal “was refused» and that to reactivate his service he must click on a link and re-enter his bank details.
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Totally fake SMS and e-mail messages which, if you click on the link, will allow you to give your personal information to the scammer. Very often with a view to alerting its subscribers, the red N platform reminds that it is strongly recommended never to communicate any personal information (password, bank details or any other data) by SMS or e-mail, even less by clicking on an external link. So, never enter any information on a website opened from this type of link.
What to do if you clicked on the link?
If you receive one of these messages, delete it immediately and remember to report it to the platforms at the following address: [email protected]. If you have only clicked on the link by mistake, we advise you to close the open page as quickly as possible and change your password on your Netflix and Prime Video applications quickly. For those who have entered their bank details, it is important to contact your banking establishment immediately to report “a possible compromise» explains Netflix.
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A scam that subscribers to Prime Video, Amazon’s platform, have also been experiencing for several weeks, but in a different form. Indeed, an e-mail indicates that a subscription has been taken out on the platform, mentioning an amount of several tens of euros following a trial period of the video on demand service. To avoid this collection and therefore the “automatic renewal“, subscribers must then click on a link under “A few days» which sends them to a site in the colors of the Amazon platform asking for their banking details hidden under a button «Cancel my order“. Be careful !
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