In Azerbaijan, 27% of cybercriminals introduce themselves as employees of banks and financial institutions, 27% - as employees of well-known brands, 17% - as store employees, and 15% - as sellers on advertising sites, Report informs, citing a study conducted by Kaspersky in Azerbaijan.
"Some 34% of scammers offer to win a lottery or competition, 25% - a lucrative investment, 14% - participation in an easy-to-profit scheme, and 13% say about notifications of suspicious financial transactions in their personal accounts.
"36% of telephone scammers try to learn the code or card information in the SMS, 21% offer to transfer money from card to card, 21% - demand personal or payment information of the user and 16% - to enter the link," the study says.
