Due to shopping apps, buying goods has now become very easy. You can buy all categories of goods from fashion to electronics right from your home. However, it also has many risks. Many times cyber criminals cheat people by making fake purchases that look real. Due to this, not only your data may go into wrong hands but you may also have to suffer loss of money. So today we are going to tell you ways to identify fake shopping apps.
Why are fake shopping apps made?
Fake shopping apps look exactly like the real thing, however, their purpose is not to sell goods but to steal users’ data and make their money disappear. These apps capture the user’s credit card details, log-in credentials and banking details etc. Apart from this, they can also be used to install malware. Usually these are downloaded by sending links through social media.
This is how to identify fake apps
- Attractive offers- Attractive offers are offered on these apps. In many cases, discounts up to 90 percent are offered. In order not to give people a chance to think, cyber criminals also put a timer on these offers.
- Unnecessary Permissions- Fake apps ask for unnecessary permissions from the user. If a user gives this permission then it can be used to track the user or steal data.
- Spelling mistake- You will never find spelling mistake, poor quality images or design glitches in real apps, but these things are common in fake apps. Fake apps are designed in a hurry and no attention is paid to their quality.
- Lack of secure checkout – Genuine shopping apps keep payment information secure through encryption. Whereas fake apps redirect you to an unsecured web page at the time of payment. Therefore avoid making payment on these pages.
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