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If you make online shoppingand perhaps your first Christmas gifts, then you are aware: this Friday, November 29, 2024, is Black Friday, an American tradition which means big promotions.

A period conducive to good deals… and scams. Here are some tips from the government site cybermalveillance.gouv.fr to avoid them.

Take the time

If you are looking for a new vacuum cleaner or a Christmas toy for your little one, one of the first tips for shopping online is to take the time, so as not to be fooled by a fake sales site.

As the Cybermalveillance site reminds us, “check the reality and the fame sites on which you will make your purchases. That is to say by checking the address of the site, to see if it differs from the official site: type the name in a search engine to check its veracity and consult potential reviews.

Likewise, be wary of flash sales or overly generous offers.

If the promotion seems much more interesting to you than anywhere else, then consider it suspicious in principle and do a minimum of verification before purchasing (reality of the promotion, reputation of the seller, risk of counterfeiting, etc.) at the risk of never seeing arrive at your purchase or at best have a counterfeit delivered to you.

Phishing, premium rate numbers: the techniques of scammers

In addition to checking websites, you need to be vigilant about the emails and calls you receive.

Pay particular attention to phishingthese fake emails sent to steal access codes, banking data, or even install a virus on your computer or smartphone.

Carefully check the sending addresses in messages (a single character can sometimes change), do not click on links or open attachments from unknown or dubious senders announcing the deal of the century.

Also pay attention to questionable phone calls or text messages. You know, these messages “following your purchase”, “for your delivery”… Consider them doubtful and “prefer to call back the official number of the merchant, carrier or after-sales service concerned which you will find on its official website”.

Protect your data

And of course, we must protect the personal and banking data. “When in doubt, do not provide your personal or banking data too quickly at the risk of consequences which could be dramatic: identity theft, fraudulent banking transactions…”, as Cybermalveillance reminds us.

Beforehand, you can pay attention to the passwords you use: choose strong enough ones (varying upper and lower case, integrating numbers and special characters, etc.) and above all have them a different one for each site or application where you have an account.

“This is the only way to ensure that if your password is compromised on one site, it will not compromise all of your other computer access. »

Knowing all this, you are ready for good deals.

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