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Alert in La Plata for several hacking attempts on WhatsApp through the vaccine story

“Hello, we contacted the Ministry of Health to inform you that you have the corresponding turn to apply the fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine)”. The profile of that call through WhatsApp first (it has a misleading photo of the Cuidar APP).

Several readers of EL DIA denounced in the last hours that they were victims of different WhatsApp hacking attempts.

HOW IS THE METHOD

What they are constantly looking for from the other side of the phone is to be able to get the 6-digit code to activate a WhatsApp line from another device, first requesting the immediate sending of that code to the line via SMS or a call (apart from that of the attempted scam).

In turn, those who denounced this virtual scam attempt indicated that the number from which that call came ends in 6527.

SCAM AND MANGAZO

Once they manage to try a WhatsApp account and access the contacts available in messaging, they make the typical hit on more frequent numbers.

TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE ARE NO LONGER TURNS

One of the keys to take into account to understand that it is a so-called trout is that currently in the Province of Buenos Aires there are no appointments to be vaccinated, but rather everything is released.

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