fraud they are based on deceiving the victim, which is not as easy as it seems. On the Internet, they have the advantage that they may be trying to fool many people at the same timewith multiple text messages.
That’s why they’re looking applications that have a large reachto increase the chance that someone will bite. If they are successful in only 1% of attempts, it is already profitable for them.
The National Police issued a warning on Twitter new whatsapp son scam who already have complaints. So you have to be very careful, because this is real:
🚩ATTENTION
New Mode Discovered #fraud by using #WhatsApp ⤵
They contact women and pose as their children to ask #Money urgently to resolve a suspected urgent problem
Share to avoid future victims pic.twitter.com/dEgO2SpNgA
— National Police (@police) August 2, 2022
You can read on twitter the whole conversation between the scammer and the victimshowing us how the scam works.
The scammer contacts the mother, we don’t know if it’s because he knows her or by accident. If you send thousands of messages to real phones, any mother or father will have…
The fact is that a swindler pretends to be his son, and says that your mobile has been damagedwho is contacting the new phone number.
She then tells her mother that she needs to “pay something”, but she doesn’t have the card handy. you want me to do it transfer of at least 2900 eurosand “I will return it to you when the card is in my hands.”
As you can see, the mother tells him to call her, but the swindler pretends to be stupid and insists on the transfer: “You can send it to me immediately.”
Here, all the “maternal anxieties” should have worked. It takes at least one call for your son to contact you from a new mobile phone to ask you for 2900 euros, and for him to explain it to you with his voice. Something that with WhatsApp is immediate and free.
Despite everything, there seem to be people who can’t handle it son whatsapp scamor at least he suffered a fraud attempt and reported it to the police.
The best defense against scammers is to know them. Now that you know how it works, you probably won’t fall for this trap again. This is a scam that can be applied to both mothers and fathers, so tell your friends about it so they are on the lookout.
Source: Computer Hoy
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