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The “Whatsapp code scam” reaches Vega Baja
They take control of your account and pose as a friend or family member to ask you for money
The Orihuela Local Police have launched an important notice to citizens through their social
networks about a scam that is occurring and spreading rapidly throughout the municipality.
The Local Police warns that if you receive by WhatsApp “a message from one of your contacts asking you for a code or a transfer, be suspicious and do not answer”, otherwise, “hackers can access your phone” and this is where the deception begins. In Orihuela it has claimed several victims who have sent large sums of money believing they were friends or family. The modus operandi of these cybercriminals is that they send a WhatsApp to the victim posing as a friend or family member who explains that their account has been hacked and they need to
please give your number to receive a code and verify it. Once you verify, cybercriminals block your mobile phone while taking control of it and accessing all your contacts and groups. From there they establish conversations in which they ask you for money, for example through Bizum. This scam already circulated at the end of last year in other parts of the country and is now reactivated in this area. The danger is that your account will be stolen, your identity will be stolen to the point that if you try to alert your acquaintances in WhatsApp groups, they will block your message. The dangerous thing about this scam is that it spreads extremely quickly because it jumps from mobile phone to mobile phone and manages to create a huge network of contacts and account control.