(ANSA) - ROME, 18 JAN - How to avoid accountswhatsapp theft. This is the indication given by the Postal Police which highlights "an ever-increasing number of citizens are signaling the receipt on their smartphone of sms messages of the type 'Hello, I sent you a code by mistake, could you send it to me?', Which appear to be sent by users present inside Very often users, misled by the presumed knowledge of the sender, do not hesitate to comply with the request, replying to the message, unaware that they are victims of a scam. The code sent, in fact, allows cybercriminals to take over the WhatsApp account and to take advantage of the instant messaging service to carry out further fraud using the victim's phone number, as well as to have access to the contacts saved in the address book, triggering a sort of chain letter - the WhatsApp profile of the user who asks us to send him the code is actually one of our contacts who in turn had the violation of his account, through the same fraudulent conduct - which is now affecting thousands of citizens throughout Italy ". The Postal and Communications Police reminds you that codes that arrive by text message are strictly personal and should never be shared, even if requested by one of our contacts or by friends and / or family; never click on any links in the SMS; it is advisable to activate the "two-step verification" available in the "settings-account of the App" which allows us to enter a personal six-digit code, which the system requires at the first access and for all the modification operations that we will carry out on our profile; if we have fallen into the fraud it is necessary to immediately notify our contacts of what has happened to us so that they do not become potential victims of the chain. How to recover your account: "log in to WhatsApp with your phone number and verify the number by entering the 6-digit code you receive via SMS; once you have entered the 6-digit SMS code, anyone using your account will be automatically logged out. required to provide the two-step verification code. If you don't know the code, the person using your account may have activated two-step verification, "the note concludes. (HANDLE).
Postal police, beware of account theft on whatsapp
2021-01-18T10:28:50.720Z
How to avoid whatsapp account theft. (HANDLE) (ANSA) - ROME, 18 JAN - How to avoid accountswhatsapp theft. This is the indication given by the Postal Police which highlights "an ever-increasing number of citizens are signaling the receipt on their smartphone of sms messages of the type 'Hello, I sent you a code by mistake, could you send it to me?', Which appear to be sent by users present inside Very often users, misled by the presumed knowl