诈骗分子无孔不入,连WhatsApp也沦为行骗工具了。

警方昨日(2月19日)发文告指出,指2019年12月至今,已经接获18宗涉及即时通讯应用程序WhatsApp的诈骗投诉。

歹徒入侵到他人账号中,然后发出WhatsApp简讯给受害者,要求受害者转发六个数字的验证码。一旦受害者转发了该验证码,其账号就会被侵入,而受害者则无法在使用该账号。

歹徒会入侵友人的WhatsApp账户,以各网络商店如Lazada、Shopee或Qoo10的假幸运抽奖游戏,要求受害者协助签署或索取奖金奖品,以便骗取受害者的联络电话、信用卡或提款卡的照片,并要求受害者转发一次性密码。当受害者照做后,不久就会发现自己的信用卡或提款卡遭盗用了。

根据之前报导,也曾有诈骗分子利用类似的策略,通过脸书和Instagram等社交媒体平台行骗。

警方建议民众不要与他人分享账户验证码,并且对通过WhatsApp平台收到的异常请求提高警惕,即便有关的请求是发自自己的联络人。

WhatsApp用户也受促启用该程序的双层验证功能,以防止账户遭他人侵入破坏。

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