A new form of fraud, this time called “Trading”, was detected by the National Police through the Directorate of Judicial Investigation, which seeks to fraudulently appropriate the social network accounts and instant messaging of the victims, to later capture people who want to invest in cryptocurrencies.
According to Captain Wladimir González, head of the DIJ Cybercrime Division, in the last week two complaints have been reported about this new modality, where the first step is to make the victims resend an update code that they “mistakenly” received. It came by message.
“Under no circumstances, provide codes that arrive via text message to known or unknown people, who claim that they sent you the wrong way, because they would be giving these people the key to appropriate all their accounts,” González explained.
Once this code is obtained, the cybercriminals take over the social network accounts, and through these they publish links related to the investment of cryptocurrencies with the aim of attracting victims who accept “Trading”, to invest in cryptocurrencies and bags. of securities, who must make deposits or transfers in dollars, which do not go to a legitimate investment, but to the coffers of cybercriminals.
To protect social network accounts, Captain González recommends using strong and different passwords on each platform, in addition to activating “Double Step” authentication.
He recommended that those who wish to invest in cryptocurrencies make use of official platforms to avoid falling into this type of fraud.
