The desire of players to at least briefly immerse themselves in their usual life is very understandable. But it is also well understood by scammers. Today we will analyze how fraudsters operate when selling non-existent goods.
The number of frauds against online stores has increased rapidly during the pandemic. Accordingly, from 2020 to 2021, the situation has worsened many times. Then, throughout 2021, the scale of crimes began to decrease, but in 2022, we again saw an increase in attacks on video game lovers. I believe that this year, attacks on gamers will increase their momentum and should reach 10 to 20%, unless, of course, there are a large number of major information occasions that will distract attackers and which they can use in their attacks.
The Central Bank periodically initiates blocking of fake belgium mobile database and even mobile phones used by scammers. But the statistics on the return of funds by banks when they are stolen from citizens' accounts does not inspire optimism - only 3.4%
The consoles themselves
In fact, it doesn't really matter what exactly you buy. The most important thing is what kind of legend attackers can build around it. The excitement around the ninth-generation consoles (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and even Steam Deck) coincided with the departure of these brands. Rumors that there were very few units of equipment left in warehouses in the Russian Federation, and the price would soon increase several times, began to push people to make ill-considered purchases.
Avito became the scammers' favorite platform back then, and then other marketplaces joined in. Now, by the way, these platforms have learned to identify scammers very well, including with the help of caring customers.