The risk of running into fake online stores on the internet is omnipresent. Fraudsters can use deceptively genuine-looking websites to steal both personal data and consumers' money without them realizing it at first glance. The danger is particularly high in the run-up to Black Friday, as many criminals take advantage of the shopping frenzy surrounding such promotions to defraud consumers with deceptively real-looking fake stores. But thanks to modern AI technology, there is an effective and preventative solution to fraud: The Fake Shop Detector.
AI tool made in Austria
The multi-award-winning digital tool (State Prize for Digitization, Constantinus Award, etc.) was recently also the Austrian test winner among 35 international cyber security products and is the result of a close collaboration between the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, the Austrian Institute for Applied Telecommunications (ÖIAT) and the Linz-based IT technology and solution provider X-Net. The Fake Shop Detector is available as a browser plugin for Google Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge and can be downloaded free of charge at www.fakeshop.at.
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