The Cyprus Police, specifically the Sub-Division of Electronic Crime, has recently received several complaints about suspicious messages regarding the interception of passwords to Social Media and especially to Instagram.
These messages are malicious and are aimed at extracting money from citizens' bank accounts. They also aim to gain access to various other social media accounts, through which the perpetrators can then gain access to other users' accounts in order to trick them as well.
Specifically, after the perpetrators intrusively gain access to citizens' social media accounts, such as Instagram, they then send a message to persons listed in the account holder's "Contacts", encouraging them to invest in various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, etc., choosing The perpetrators can thus gain access to bank accounts and extract funds.
Recommendations:
- The public is advised to be particularly cautious about such messages and not to disclose passwords received to any person.
- It is recommended that they activate two-factor security settings for their online accounts.
- It is recommended that they activate two-factor security settings for their online accounts.
- In case of receiving a suspicious message/request, he should contact the person from whom he received the message in a different way to confirm the request.
- In case he took any actions indicated by the fraudsters, it is recommended to immediately check and change the password of the account.
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