Scammers began to send push notifications about the need to confirm passport data, supposedly through a link that leads to the operator’s website and then to the State Services portal, where the user must enter the username and password for his personal account. This was reported by “Kommersant”.
The publication notes that in this way the attackers obtained access data to State Services, as well as confirmed information about the subscriber.
The publication emphasizes that this is dangerous not only for users but also for mobile operators, because trust in official messages on their behalf decreases.
Before that, a fraudster posing as a police officer tried to seize money from a Kirov resident via video link. During the meeting he he looked Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. like.
According to the police, incidents were recorded in the Kirov region where fraudsters misled local residents using deepfakes. Attackers are impersonating law enforcement officials and famous people.
previously lawyer named Five rules to prevent scammers from deceiving you.