The interlocutor pretends to be a worker or technician of a company or a certain service and tries to deceive the user under some striking pretext because he provides his personal and / or banking data, makes some economic contribution and even installs a malicious program on his device or facilitates the cybercriminal access to it.

Some of the most used deceptions are: – Participate in a contest or sweepstakes. – Offer a gift voucher. – Collect the prize of a contest that has been won. – Technical support.

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