2023-04-25 11:53:37
WhatsApp It is one of the most used tools for communication. Through it, users share information of all kinds. Cybercriminals know this, which is why they have been trying to exploit the platform for their own interests for quite some time now.
Recently the Civil Guard has alerted about the development of a new campaign in which criminals try to deceive the user through WhatsApp in order to ‘hack’ their device.
In this case, criminals are passed through the application by the Group of Telematic Crimes of the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) and ask the user for collaboration to dismantle “a cybercriminal group”.
????Detected new campaign #scam
➡️ They send a message through WhatsApp impersonating the Group of Telematic Crimes of the #UCO asking for collaboration
➡️ Later, they call the victim impersonating an official phone number asking them to install various malicious software pic.twitter.com/8gpZoNKdtZ
– Civil Guard (@guardiacivil) April 24, 2023
Next, the criminals try to worry the user. They force him to respond to the message and do whatever is necessary to cooperate, otherwise he could be committing “a criminal offence.”
If the user responds to WhatsApp, the scammers conclude that they have managed to fall for it. They will then make a phone call and ask you to install malware on your phone. Thanks to this, criminals can take control of the device or access the information it stores, such as bank details.
These types of malicious campaigns are quite common. All cybersecurity experts recommend systemically distrusting any message or email that seeks to alert the user. Especially when it comes, apparently, from a public institution or a well-known company. The best thing that can be done in these cases is to get in touch with the person who has supposedly sent the communication by another means in order to clear up any doubts.
In the case of this WhatsApp message in which the Civil Guard is impersonated, the user must not respond to the communication under any circumstances. The best thing to do is block phone number And be careful, because criminals may try to pull a similar scam on you again in the near future.
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