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How is a “number scam” that is very difficult to see and steals everything from your mobile phone

Fraudsters use verification codes to break into other people’s accounts and access private information. How to avoid it?

Constantly What’s up seeks to strengthen its control protocols to ensure the privacy and security of its customers. However, no matter how many obstacles the application invents, scams don’t stop and more and more sophisticated and intelligent methods for attacking users’ bank accounts are emerging.

They are among them misleading messageswhereby criminals pose as innocent people and take advantage of the account verification system What’s up. All details below.

What is the new WhatsApp scam?

As for changing phones and passing bills What’s up to the new device, the application directly send a verification code to the mobile phone to confirm that the owner of the line really wants to make the change and that it is not unauthorized access.

Now, another big scam What’s up use this resource. Criminals download the app from their own phone and try to connect it to a random mobile number. Immediately the network sends an SMS to the real owner of the line with a verification code. If criminals get these 6 digits, then they have free access to someone else’s account.

To achieve their goal, fraudsters pretend to be innocent people and contact the victim. in general they send you a message asking for that codesaying they sent to the wrong number by mistake.

Users who do not know the meaning of the verification number often provide it with good intentions, but end up falling victim a major infiltration into his private account.

Source: Cronista

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