Without a doubt, crime is taking over digital spaces for its misdeeds, crimes such as identity theft are becoming more common and They can affect any citizen due to the lack of control of financial institutions.
Precisely the actress Yesenia Valencia was a victim of the cybercriminal recently. Recognized for her roles in productions such as ‘Search Block’, ‘The Queen of Flow’ and ‘Escobar, the patron of evil’; Valencia recounted in a recent interview on La W Radio, that she is being supplanted, a fact that has earned her credits taken out in her name.
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According to what was argued in the radio interview, the cybercriminals only had to Have your ID number handyto establish it as co-debtor in dozens of credit transactions made to companies dedicated to the sale of catalog products.
But what worried Yesenia the most was the way in which the criminals posed as her with a simple voice recording.
After carrying out several petition rights, the affected person contacted one of these companies to clarify the situation, who surprisingly told her that for the identification process make use of audio to establish whether they are actually making contact with the person to whom the identification number is linked.
“They sent me the audio where a person is heard posing as me and then they tell me that I should go to the Prosecutor’s Office and make the complaint”were the words of the actress before the microphones of Follow the W.
Added to this, Valencia emphasized the lack of rigor of risk centers in these cases, and the ease that anyone has to access the personal information they have in their systems.
“Who protects you in that credit issue? Because the credit bureaus also accept that the company says that you are to blame”was what Yesenia stated at the end of the interview.
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