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E-wallets become fertile ground for tricksters: Cyber expert Timothy Benson explains how to avoid online frauds

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With just a single tap on the phone, e-wallets have revolutionized how users pay. However, e-wallets are also being adopted by fraudsters at a faster rate.

e-wallet-frauds usually rely on misleading account users in making payments from individual bank accounts and get hold of their entire amount.”

— Timothy Benson

SOFIA, BULGARIA, March 2, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Digital experts say that by 2025, more than half of the world’s population is expected to use e-wallets. They are soaring high in popularity. Unfortunately, e-wallets have also become common grounds for hackers to launch frauds with a tendency to financially cripple users.

Fraudsters target e-wallet users because hacking into an e-wallet is easy and can earn cybercriminals a lot of money.

They contain bank details such as names, mobile numbers, and email addresses linked with the bank. Fraudsters who successfully get their hands on e-wallets end up gaining a lot more than just access to money. These criminals can even steal amounts and illegally manipulate consumer data.

Cyber-Forensics.net, a cyber forensics service for online scam victims, studied the emerging e-wallet frauds and explained many ways an e-wallet fraud actually happens:

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