(MENAFN - Golin Mena) Kaspersky researchers have reported on an escalating trend in the activity of the phishers in the Middle East. They are now monetizing their scams by requesting small sums of money under the disguise of various services, most often related to post and delivery, instead of stealing large sums in one go. Phishers are social engineers that create fake web pages to scam users. They often pretend to be legitimate services, exploiting their solid reputation and intellectual property (logotypes, copies of the landing pages), yet in fact, have nothing to do with the actual company. In the particular scheme detected by Kaspersky, the scammers were requesting users’ banking card details and then charging $2-$3 when confirming the delivery. As a result, fraudsters were ending up receiving money, bank card information and personal details that could be used in further scams.