When you type your debit or credit card numbers into a fake shopping website, you are not paying a delivery fee for a discounted product. You are handing the keys to your bank account directly to a thief.
Fake shopping sites are designed to look like real payment gateways. But instead of sending your information to Visa or Mastercard, the website secretly saves your 16-digit card number, the expiry date, your name, and the 3-digit CVV code on the back.
Imagine writing your house address, your front door combination lock, and your work schedule on a piece of paper and dropping it into a burglar’s mailbox.
That is exactly what happens.
Once the scammers have those card numbers, they do two things immediately:
1. They try to make unauthorized purchases on international websites that do not require an OTP.
2. They bundle your card credentials with thousands of others and sell them on dark web forums to other criminal gangs.
If you ever realize you typed your card details on a suspicious website, take these actions right now:
First, open your bank app immediately and freeze your card with one tap.
Second, call your bank’s customer service number and request a permanent card replacement.
To prevent this mistake from ever happening, install the CYBX app on your phone. Developed by 63SATS, CYBX features a real-time Fraud Link Scanner. The moment your browser tries to load a cloned or fraudulent shopping page, CYBX blocks the connection before you can type a single number, keeping your savings completely secure.