Scammers use Whatsapp to achieve economic benefit outside the law National Police
Madrid. (Reuters) -. The National Police has warned today of new frauds, scams, scams and hoaxes that spread, particularly quickly through social networks and apps of communication such as Whatsapp , and seek to achieve economic benefit to outlaw.
Phishing Techniques like , which aims theft key social networks of the Internet for fraudulent use, invented kidnappings of relatives abroad; subscriptions to premium SMS services or false jobs in times of crisis are the main scams implemented in social networks.
Specialists Technology Research Unit (ITU) and Social Networking Group National Police have also indicated that the virus that impersonates the identity of the National Police, the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) or the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) is still active.
virus, very harmful, diffuses through pages of downloads on shortened links and freezes the computer inventing a supposed fine of 100 euros for having detected child pornography on the hard drive (a fact which constitutes the crime).
Similarly, social networks serve as ideal for today viralizar canards and ciberleyendas about alleged abductions of children vehicle, colonies that numb, bumper impregnated with LSD or groundless terror alerts.
To avoid falling victim to scams or hoaxes, police advised to keep updated and secure personal electronic equipment, appeals to common sense and rational distrust of users as well as persuade them to use secure platforms when economic transactions online.
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