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Tips to protect data and prevent black friday fraud

 Every year we have a date that is marked by great promotions and low prices. Black Friday in Brazil is increasingly gaining momentum and engaging companies of all sizes and segments to offer the best cost to its customers. The fact is that with this growth, we have some frauds that run through the sites.


In this post, we gathered 9 tips to help you not fall into these scams and take advantage of promotions in the best way.

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1. Reliable connection

Use a reliable connection, such as your home Wi-Fi network or your mobile data plan.


[Security Tip] Your Wifi is unprotected!


Care you should take when accessing public internet network


2. Security certificate

When opening the browser, observe the digital security certificates of the pages, check if the lock is active in the upper left corner (if it is green) and if the protocol used is https: //.


3. Validation of the URL

Check that the website URL matches the company's official website. For example, the official Magazine Luiza website is www.magazineluiza.com.br, and at that time fakes domains such as www.magazineluza.com.br may appear. Keep an eye!


4. Official Promotions and Coupons

Be careful with coupons that arrive via whatsapp and social media. Be careful when clicking on banners and pop-ups, always confirm that the information is on the company's official channels.


5. Antivirus and Firewall installed

Have reliable, up-to-date antivirus and firewall installed and able to identify scripts triggered by email or malicious or fake websites, on all your devices.

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