Warning about Facebook account hijacking scams that many people in Vietnam fall for
Báo Dân trí•26/11/2024
(Dan Tri) - An old scam that has been around for a long time, but many social network users in Vietnam are still falling for it, causing their Facebook accounts to be taken over by bad guys.
Trick to steal Facebook accounts by participating in online contests
There are more and more online competitions whose results are based on the number of votes and shares of Facebook users. Many scammers have also taken advantage of this to create fake online voting websites to steal Facebook accounts. According to the reflection of many Dan Tri readers and many Facebook users, recently they have received requests from friends and relatives to participate in voting for online competitions, mainly photo or art contests on social networks, along with a website link. Many people received invitations to vote for the online photo contest (Screenshot). However, this is a fake contest website created by hackers to hijack users' Facebook accounts. When accessing this website, users will be asked to log in to their Facebook accounts to be able to participate in voting for the contest. Many gullible people immediately logged in to their Facebook accounts without any suspicion. However, even when entering the correct login information (account name and password), users still cannot log in to the website. The website requires logging into a Facebook account to vote (Screenshot). Many people think that they have entered incorrect Facebook account login information, so they click on the "Forgot password" option on the website. At this step, the voting website will ask users to fill in the email address or phone number used to register for the Facebook account, and also request to enter the OTP code to confirm the request for a password reset. Based on the information provided by the user, hackers will immediately take over their accounts. With this trick, hackers can take over users' Facebook accounts even if they have used the 2-layer security feature. These hijacked accounts will then be used by hackers to continue spreading fake websites to hijack more Facebook accounts. Not stopping there, bad guys also use hijacked Facebook accounts to commit fraud such as borrowing money, asking for phone card top-ups, or even exploiting users' personal information for blackmail...
Was your account hijacked after clicking on a phishing site?
To increase the reputation of these fake voting websites, hackers will take advantage of the names of large businesses and brands to include them in the list of sponsors. However, the voting website uses a free domain name and does not provide information about the phone number or contact address of the organizing committee. The website uses a domain name provided by Weebly, a free domain name service (Screenshot). In case you have just accessed the website sent by the hacker and have not used your Facebook account to log in to that website, your account is still safe. Therefore, you need to carefully observe the content of the website before deciding to declare any personal information or login information for online accounts, to avoid becoming a victim of hackers. In case you have used your Facebook account to log in to fraudulent websites, you must immediately change your password to prevent your account from being taken over by hackers. In fact, the form of fraud to take over Facebook accounts through online voting websites has appeared for a long time, but recently it has begun to "bloom" again, causing many people in Vietnam to still fall into the trap. The reason for this is partly due to the lack of vigilance and gullibility of Internet users in Vietnam, and partly because many people are too gullible when receiving offers of help from friends and relatives, so they cannot refuse. A website tricks users into logging into their Facebook accounts to view content that piques curiosity, but is actually intended to steal their accounts (Screenshot). In addition, when using Facebook, you should always be wary of posts with attractive content that arouses curiosity. Especially websites that require users to log in to their Facebook or Google accounts to continue viewing content, you should immediately ignore them, because these are likely fraudulent websites that take over users' online accounts.
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