April 16, 2020
With everyone staying home I thought this would be an interesting topic. The go to websites most people have been visiting lately are YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and maybe Disney Plus. But, Netflix has definitely seen a rise in viewers especially with Tiger King. So it makes sense that scammers are using the name of this giant in order to steal the money of innocent people in the wake of these stay at home orders.
According to the article, “fake Netflix sites are created by criminals who are looking to steal money from viewers hoping to access Netflix content by entering their billing information.” They achieve this by promising 4k video at a shockingly low price. This reels some people in because in certain countries the video quality has gone down in order to compensate the amount of people on the site. The scammers have also made it seem as though Netflix is lowering their prices as a way to make them “update” their credentials. The number of fake Netflix sites has risen by forty percent in the past month. As I said in last weeks post, almost two million dollars has been lost to coronavirus-related fraud across England, Wales and Northern Ireland alone. I wonder how many people are being affected by this throughout the world.
What can be learned from this is to be aware of what you are clicking. Since there are so many fake Netflix sites popping up, make sure the one you are clicking is actually Netflix. I also think it would be smart not to do Netflix party because it isn’t actually through Netflix so, it could easily be hacked to steal information.
Carri Writes 