[Fraud] Fake Lazada Call


I talked to a colleague yesterday who mentioned she got a call from allegedly Lazada informing her that she has an outstanding balance and whether she wants to pay via a payment link. Thankfully she hung up right away.

A few thoughts on this:

  1. This seems like a simpler scam that refers to a commonly used platform and exploits people’s familiarity with paying on the platform. I imagine a small subset will feel the urgency to make the payment and unfortunately fall for this
  2. However, referring to need to pay will raise many people’s suspicion
  3. It is good to verify a few times any payment you need to make via payment link sent online. A mistake via bank transfer and you won’t get your money back
  4. This is why I still believe there is still room for Credit Card in this Real-Time-Payment market. At least with credit cards, any mis-payment to scammers can be reversed in time

It is prudent to be vigilant about paying anything via links sent by sources you don’t know!