Fraudsters always pretend to be someone other than what they actually are, and it is not unusual for them to pretend to be from large and well-known companies in order to instill confidence in the person they contact.
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Now the organization Check Point Research (CPR) has compiled a list of which companies fraudsters most often pretend to belong to in fraud, something that Mobile Be the first to write about.
The list only refers to phishing in the second quarter of 2024, i.e. fraud that takes place via email. According to The authority for social security and preparedness (MSB), phishing is the most common method of fraud.
There are a number of familiar names on the list. In third place was LinkedIn as seven percent of fraud attempts were made by fraudsters who claimed to be writing from the social media.
In second place came Apple – not so surprising considering how many people own some form of technology from the company. A full ten percent of fraud attempts were emails that appeared to come from Apple.
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The anything but pleasant list is dominated by a global company that is probably familiar to everyone: Microsoft.
In a whopping 57 percent of all phishing attempts, the fraudster pretended to be from the company.