Cybercriminals already operate in Parral stealing accounts from the WhatsApp social network, users of the service report that they have lost access to their profiles on that network, after receiving an answering machine from the number 333 599 5957 in the early hours of recent days.
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In front of the Attorney General of the State of Chihuahua South Zone there are already at least 4 complaints about this method of “Hacking” where the usurpers intend to use the accounts to request money and obtain data from the victims. It should be noted that the Cyber Police Unit of the SSPE Chihuahua, continues to alert recommendations to avoid WhatsApp account theft via voicemail.
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Authorities and political figures have already been victims of this type of fraud, as in the case of Federal MP María de los Ángeles Gutiérrez and former government candidate Alfredo “Caballo” Lozoya.
Both of them announced that their official accounts have been usurped, asking friends, relatives and relatives not to respond and making it public that they have been hit by these cybercriminals.
At least 4 complaints have been submitted to the State Prosecutor’s Office, however more cases are known, which have fallen into this new mode of personal data theft and identity theft used to obtain money from the relatives of the victims.
According to the official federal government website, people can also be scammed with a malicious link that steals the social network accounts of those who log in.
The message arrives via the messaging app and simulates that the victim has mistakenly received a message with a username and password from a cryptocurrency site with a fairly high balance.
The Cyber Police Unit advises not to enter the web page of the message as it is a scam to steal information from the victim’s social network accounts.
For further information and complaints, the telephone number 614-429-33-00 at 10955 and the e-mail [email protected] are available.
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