Fake landing page used by Russian-language cybercriminals to collect victims personal and financial data (Source: Group-IB)
A Russian-speaking scam-as-a-service operation dubbed Classiscam is expanding globally, with 40 interconnected gangs in about a dozen countries using fake product advertisements to launch phishing schemes, the security firm Group-IB reports.
The fraudsters are posting fake online classified advertisements for products to dupe interested buyers into visiting phishing pages, where their personal and payment data is harvested, according to Group-IB.
Although the operation started in Russia two years ago, by early 2020, it had expanded to include 40 subgroups that have focused on targets in the U.S. and Europe, the new research report says.
March 3, 2021 So glad I came across this now just after going through the scheme as a victim. Having had an Atomic wallet for my cryptos for years was a very comforting thing. But once I had a problem with balances that showed as pending transactions but were indicated as confirmed in the History tab of my Atomic wallet phone app for a week, I still had enough confidence that all was okay as usual. I emailed the Support team on the matter wanting to inform them of the existence of such anomaly but their responses were very dull - almost out of context.