New chain fraud by WhatsApp

The National police A warned about the latest type of digital fraud that affects users WhatsAppBy the robbery chain of accounts. He Economic Crime and Technical Criminal Committee He said the technique begins with an initial disappointment, thereby managing to access a WhatsApp account, and then expand through the contacts of the victims.

The process begins when the cybercrime receives the victim’s confidence and gets him to give him WhatsApp is that river -ticked verification code SMS With that code, the attacker can install the app on his own phone and take full control of the account.

Upon entering, the culprit addresses the contacts of the hacked user, reflecting the same disappointment. Does the message that simulates such harmless request Vote in the alleged competition. The usual news usually says something like this: “Hello. Will you make me a favor? You can vote for my cousin in this competition. This is very important to her. This will only take you a second. Thank you very much!”

This connection leads to a form where the phone number and a code, are requested that the victim will allow the fraudulent Access your WhatsApp account. Thus, the chain continues, compromising new accounts.

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The most serious thing is that after taking control of many accounts, the criminals begin to ask for money for all the affected contacts simultaneously. They blame emergency or emergency situations and demand transfers or allowances by bism. The money is returned to open bank accounts in the name of a third party called ‘Muls’: In exchange for a small amount, people who offer their personal data to open online accounts.