The new modality of cyber scam, be very careful, remember that curiosity kills the cat.
If they call you and hang up immediately from an unknown number, you could possibly be the victim of a scam, we recommend you not to return the call, as you could pay a high price.
Fraudsters use collect or international numbers to make these calls; unnoticeable to the victim, who, when returning the call, will be charged very high time rates.
*Data obtained from the Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor magazine.
Cybercrime in Mexico
What are they, which ones and how to act?
They are becoming more and more frequent, we make more and more victims, both in computers, cell phones and electronic devices, they have no limits, barriers or borders, they have no territory; it is their differential.
There is an enormous diversity of cyber or computer crimes, they are presented by all possible means of communication: emails, web pages, phone calls, SMS, social networks, and they adapt to any device, they are a calamity.
The OECD describes them as “any unlawful, unethical or unauthorized behavior related to automatic data processing or data transmissions. In Mexico there is no uniformity in terms of crimes, there is a scattered catalog in federal, local and special laws, plus conventionality. In concrete terms, there is a backwardness; in addition, the processes, technique and technology to investigate its commission is lagging behind.
However, there are preventive mechanisms, first of all, to apply due diligence, in addition to recovery, protection, correction and insurance measures, to which you can resort with due advice; regardless of the fact that action must be taken against these behaviors in order to evidence the data, means and mechanisms used by the perpetrators for their efficient combat.
The various figures, behaviors or crimes The following are the main characteristics of the Company's operations, as provided for in Mexican regulations:
- phishing
- against privacy
- cyberbullying
- pharming
- hacking
- spamming
- extortion
- smishing
- vishing
- impersonation
- doxing
- e-commerce fake
- identity theft
- virtual kidnapping
- sexting
- grooming
- sextorsion
- happy slapping
- griefing
- gossip
- oversharing
- revange porn
- sex casting
- mobbing
- gender-based cyber-violence
- scnna
- masnna
- ransomeware
- asnic
- cryptojacking
As can be seen, the catalog is immense, the worst thing is that many more are missing, because as noted, there is no uniformity, there are cybercrimes, computer, magnetic, electronic, internet, among others, in which protect or protect various legal goods, such as: information, patrimony, sex, commerce, work, and various authorities intervene, such as: the Federal and State Prosecutor's Offices, the Profeco, Condusef, the Cybernetic Police of the various Prosecutor's Offices, plus those of the Government Institutions, such as the Treasury, Sedena, among others; and as we have repeated everything regulated by a multiplicity of norms such as: the Federal Criminal Code, the 32 Codes of the States can enter the subject, special laws, such as: the Law of Credit Institutions, Law of Insurance and Bonding Institutions, Law of the Securities Market, General Law of Credit Instruments and Operations, Federal Law of Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Individuals, in addition to the international Conventions, applicable by the first Constitutional and Jurisprudence.
The alarming aspect of the issue is that the population does not know the vast majority of the types, meaning, modes of operation, nor do we have the means to combat them, although it is difficult to combat them, we complicate matters even more in regulatory matters.
The issue is simple, always act, denounce first, apply the issue of liability for other institutions in financial matters, guarantees; in some it seeks to avoid further damage; in others, it must be prevented personally with measures and processes, manage the use of devices, hire antivirus, always report these behaviors, depending on what is involved, either in Condusef, also criminally; And inform the population through campaigns, because practically with the means of investigation we have it is unlikely to recover the goods or identify or arrest the crackers, phishers, fraudsters, however, the data is useful, it is the duty to be, and while there is a possibility, there is a probability of preventing or recovering.
If you need professional help contact to our professional lawyers at Priego Brito y Guzmán Juárez. It will be our pleasure to help you.
Article written by: Dr. Erik Manuel Priego Brito
