Overview

• Shein and Temu’s low prices and home-delivery model have drawn thousands of Argentine shoppers, increasing their exposure to targeted fraud attempts.
• Cybercriminals send SMS alerts falsely claiming a failed Correo Argentino delivery and instruct recipients to pay via a malicious link.
• Users who enter their credit-card details on the fake site report accounts emptied within seconds.
• Correo Argentino has publicly denounced the messages as fraudulent, emphasizing it never requests payments or sends links through unofficial channels.
• Concerned about both cyber risks and inflation, many shoppers are now comparing online bargains with local offerings at Buenos Aires’s Once market.