Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new scheme in its Telegram service that is used to steal money, personal and financial information, where scammers disguise themselves as an online currency exchange service. DEA News.
The company’s experts said that the attackers pulled out the money and also obtained the personal and financial information they needed about the citizens by faking the online currency exchange service.
Scammers create websites for the so-called money and cryptocurrency exchanges. After the user decides to exchange currency, they are prompted to go to the Telegram bot. There the citizen is invited to fill out an application form with the manager, to pay online by any means and receive the money at the payment point. But actually the person loses their funds and also puts personal data at risk.
Experts noted that in recent years, criminals have started to use Telegram bots more often to implement fraudulent schemes. Most likely, this is because not everyone understands how such services work, and everyone can create a bot for their own purposes.
Experts emphasized that the user should be careful if the payment details show that the money should be transferred to a person with a phone number, not a legal entity. In addition, Kaspersky Lab experts recommended that citizens use only official, reliable services for financial transactions.
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