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Smartphones, tablets, social networks and tools for WhatsApp pranks today

New technological devices such as smartphones or ‘tablets’ have become powerful tools for committing evil pranks. This is the message I wanted to convey this Saturday, to mark the Day of the Innocents, the National Police, which this year has registered and attended thousands of complaints regarding frauds and scams on the Internet, social networks and applications communication.

12/28/2013 – Specialists Technology Research Unit (ITU) and Social Networking Group National Police warn of fraud and deception Top committed this year by cybercriminals, from classics crime phishing or subscriptions using trickery to premium SMS services, new virtual kidnappings or mules bleaching money.
To avoid falling victim to these scams, officials advise keeping updated and protected computers, not to mention the common sense and rational distrust; secure platforms used for economic transactions, have a different card for electronic payments and follow safety guidelines and prevention of Police.

NEW OWL

Along with classics such as ‘phishing’, this year they have appeared or have secured other practices that can become just as harmful as offers of money transactions between accounts. Unwittingly becomes the subject of a crime of laundering to be a virtual ‘mule’ for criminal networks who want to make money from Spain.

There have also been cases of virtual kidnapping in abroad, mainly in South American countries. Cybercriminals looking for an acquaintance who is outside their country and can not access their email accounts to contact their families and let them believe that the traveler is kidnapped, or has had an accident or is sick, and request immediate payment of ransom to free or an amount of money for your health care.

Other practices of ‘technological thieves’ are selling fake whatsapp applications for computers or spyware, the scamming through bargain deals through Internet or false job offers.

THE ‘CIBERLEYENDAS’

The National Police also warns against ‘you ciberleyendas’ spreading hoaxes through social networks and communication applications that spread false information generated alarm among recipients and viralizan quickly. The Social Networking Group Police detected and received numerous messages that alert notifications about the existence of child kidnappers operating in a given locality, the distribution of stickers or candy LSD impregnated; selling home colonies that numb stealing in the dwelling; phones bombs that are dropped by terrorists in the streets messages that say that if you enter the PIN backwards at an ATM in case of theft immediately to the police are alerted, false notices bombings Media transport or shopping malls, or hazing of urban gangs or RPGs that capture their victims circulating with the lights off down the road. The National Police recommended not to continue the chain shipments such messages and do not spread your content to your address book.