Denver (KDVR) – they are more likely to become a victim of hunting, according to a study by the Volstac Academy.
Fullstack Academy, a technology camp company that helps in teaching on software, cyber security, data analyzes and automatic and automatic learning, conducted a study that revealed Colorado as a country with the fourth largest number of deception victims.
Although most people think about hunting when hearing deception, the term is also used to describe accidents in which fraudsters try to get someone who reveals sensitive information such as passwords or credit card information through emails, texts or fake sites.
It can also refer to the situations in which the links are transported to harmful web sites that may contain harmful programs used to sabotage systems and institutions.
In the study, the Fullstack Academy broke the types of fraud to different categories, including:
- Relay package/shipping problem
- An unusual activity was discovered on the account
- The account is complicated/needs to be verified
- An bill or a payment request
- Year “Hello there” or mysterious greetings to the text
- Alert the fraud on the banking or credit services card
- He claimed your prize
The most common fraud in pumps was the problem of delaying/charging the package, as 75 % of the study participants approached the fraud, followed by the claim of your prize, by 71 %, and then an unusual activity was discovered on the account, by 70 %.
Companies or organizations that take place on a more following personality:
- Amazon – 59 % confrontation rate
- USA Service – 50 % confrontation rate
- UPS – 49 % confrontation rate
- PayPal – 46 % confrontation rate
- FEDEX – 44 % confrontation rate
- Tax Authority – 30 % confrontation rate
- Google – 26 % confrontation rate
- Microsoft – 25 % confrontation rate
- Facebook – 23 % confrontation rate
- Apple – 23 % confrontation rate
Among all the participants from the study, the group of Colorado showed that they had obtained the fourth largest number of hunting victims. During the study, COLORADANS revealed these statistics:
- 55 % are not confident that they can discover the attempt to deceive
- 35 % were victims of deception
- 31 % face the magic of local fishing
- The problem of delay/shipment is the most common fraud that is carried out in the state
- Amazon is the most suicide organization in Colorado
Fullstack Academy said that the study participants revealed the best ways to prevent hunting fraud, and the number of people who used this method includes:
- Do not click on suspicious links – 90 %
- Use strong and unique passwords – 79 %
- Empowerment of dual-factors-77 %
To display a full study, please visit Fullstack Academy website.