As you may hear me say very often, scams are everywhere and we should be extra careful. Today, I saw something extra worrying and dangerous, so I wanted to share it with you.
I read a post on LinkedIn. It is public, but I will not share more information of the post author here.
In short, some shared their recent hack experience and is seeking urgent advice.
It all started with a suspicious message from a mobile carrier regarding their subscription.
Next alarming action was an email from Coinbase saying something about having already an account. The user could not log in, even after trying password recent. More emails were received by Coinbase that resulted to an account lock up.
More emails kept coming informing the user for password changes on accounts that were not used for years, and suddenly ... they notice that their mobile phone coverage has stopped working.
Multiple attempts were made to access their WhatsApp and Telegram accounts, raising more concerns about what was going on.
Then, they receive a few messages on Telegram
This is all very alarming. The worst is that this person was trying to reach his mobile phone customer support and it was not possible yet. As I understand there was a sim swapping and someone used their telephone number to access wallets. As they saw that the wallets were empty, they tried to reach the person in telegram and try to intimidate - blackmail them for money.
Something else very disturbing. On that same post, a fake Coinbase account came and commented publicly. I think that the scammers are already everywhere, looking for their targets and they are becoming smarter, planning their steps and actions carefully
It seems that it becomes more and more difficult to protect ourselves out there.
Please do me a favor and always be cautious and vigilant.
p.s. On the funny note of the day, my mother came home today and she said ..
I got a message for a delivery, and I gave the info but not credit card. I think I ll be ok, right;
I saw her sms and there were two fake messages for a fake package delivery.
Now, she refused to have given any address, but I really dont know what to believe.
Her, of all people, that I always advise her to always ask me.
Well, lets hope..
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