The cybercriminals They have no limits, because now they would be hacking WhatsApp accounts to commit frauds. This has forced the cyber police to alert society and give them advice to avoid being victims.
Through a press conference, the General Director of Public Security Technology of the Public Security Secretariat, Leobardo Aguilar Orihuela in Mexico detailed the way in which the cybercriminals.
He pointed out, together with a state security spokesman that this type of fraud is a crime of impersonation The against identity of people, so those who commit it could face several years in prison (according to local regulations).
According to the spokespersons, it is best to always be aware of a possible attack of this type, as they have been on the rise recently.
-The perpetrator downloads WhatsApp and enters the victim’s phone number
-The victim receives a call at dawn
-The call goes to voicemail
-The perpetrator accesses a link and through this he obtains the voicemail message
In this way, the perpetrator installs WhatsApp on his device and enters the data as if he were the owner.
The victimizer violates voicemail of your objective on the website of the telephone company (Telcel in its postpaid and prepaid modality).
On the Telcel website you can find the method to access the voicemail from another device, where the criminal will rescue the Verification code, which was sent to the compromised telephone number.
-Don’t share verification codes with anyone
-Do not open links or external links
-If someone asks you for a 6-digit verification code, do not open it
-Don’t make deposits or transfers without verifying that it is really your acquaintance
-Do not provide personal information
-Deactivate voicemail
One way to keep your account safe is by activating the two-step verification, which you can do by following the steps below:
-Adjustments
-Bill
-Two-step verification
-Enter 6-digit PIN
-Enter an email
-Keep
With the above measures, the authorities hope that people are prepared for any possible attack and protect their WhatsApp account as much as possible.
In case of being violated They can go to local authorities (in Mexico at [email protected] or any Public Ministry) to request help. You can also send an email (in Spanish) to [email protected] with your full phone number (including country and area codes), describing what happened. You will receive a response in a period of no more than 48 hours.
Although the account theft it has become common to ask the victim’s contacts for sums of money, criminals also apply another method that consists of sending a message via WhatsApp to your victim, assuring that they are from the police and that he must pay a sum of money in exchange for not being arrested for a felony.
Although they do not say the amount they want, they point out that “an agreement can be reached” before passing the case, since they assure that they are a few meters from their home and they send supposed official documents as an apprehension token against him.
Before any possible fraud you must remember that you can report to the authorities and never give personal information or login codes.
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