It was found that the number of consultations about problems such as "products not delivered" due to orders placed on fake sites masquerading as corporate shopping sites or brand mail-order sites has more than doubled compared to the previous year. The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan is calling for caution.
Consultations such as placing an order on a "fake site" that sells products under the guise of a corporate shopping site or official mail order site of a famous brand, etc., and the product does not arrive even after the payment is made, or a counterfeit product is sent. are being received one after another at consumer affairs centers nationwide.
According to the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, there were 2,508 consultations on such fake shopping sites from April to the end of last month, an increase of about 2.7 times compared to the same period last year.
Specifically, last month, a man in his 70s from the Kinki region said, ``In an advertisement displayed on SNS, a personal computer priced at 130,000 yen from a real manufacturer was sold for about 10,000 yen, so I ordered it, but 1 A man in his 40s from the Kanto region said, ``I found boots that normally cost about 30,000 yen for 7,000 yen. I placed an order and paid for it in the specified bank account.I received an email saying that it would be shipped within 24 hours, but the product did not arrive and I could not get through to the phone.
These fake shopping sites look just like legitimate sites, and are characterized by their selling prices being displayed at low prices. The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan and other organizations are calling for caution.
Consumer Affairs Agency "Check if there are any unnatural points"
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, in March this year, there was a consultation that orders were placed on a fake mail-order site that deals with two companies, "Iris Ohyama", a major manufacturer of household goods, and "BRUNO", which sells household goods. A series of warnings were issued.
Each fake site uses the logo of the real company and the photo of the product, and when you click on the photo, you will see specifications similar to those on the official site. Also, the price was greatly discounted, and payment was only by credit card, and in most cases, the product was not delivered even if it was purchased.
When purchasing a product, the Consumer Affairs Agency
does not judge that it is genuine only by the logo mark, but checks the URL,
▽The price is extremely cheap,
▽ The
payment method is only credit card, etc.
We are calling for attention to make sure there are no points.
Measures to prevent damage
According to a survey by the Japan Cyber Crime Control Center, which analyzes and countermeasures against fake sites, around 10,000 fake sites are newly confirmed every month.
This year, 9,634 new cases were found in June, 10,104 in July, and 8,630 in August.
It is difficult to tell whether a site is fake just by looking at it, and in some cases, a fake site appears at the top of the results when searching for product names, etc., due to a special attack that manipulates Internet search results. There is.
In order to avoid being victimized, the center will
check whether the name, address, and telephone number of the business operator listed is a real company, and whether
the name of the financial institution account to which the payment is to be transferred is that of the business operator. It is important
to check whether it matches the name
.
In addition, ▽I would like you to be
careful that
it is not sold at an unnaturally low price.
Also, by installing security software on your computer, you may be able to prevent connections to fake sites.
Mr. Katsumi Ohno of the Japan Cybercrime Control Center said, "The number of fake sites continues to be so huge that it is difficult to keep track of the number of them. Some of them display content that stimulates the desire to buy.First of all, I want people to know that there are many fake sites on the Internet, and prepare to avoid becoming a victim."