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"A few days ago, my profile was hacked in. I received an email to check my account.In fact, my email was written in addition to the fact that it sent Instagram.
It turns out that it's not Instagram because when I clicked on the link when entering the data to get the verification, I received another email in a few hours stating that my account had already been hacked ", said Christiana Todorova.
We ask them 250 euros to recover.
"Then they started ringing me personal phone number. Extortion, threats – all of this happens in English. But they also wrote to Whatsapp that if I did not pay the specific amount up to today, my profile would be deleted by tomorrow, "she told the gymnast.
Scam script – hackers send account verification email, which leads the user to a page where you have to enter your data. This is how cyberattacks – so-called phishing.
The Christian does not intend to pay the requested ransom, but he decides to communicate with the pirates to find out more about them. Three days after the theft of the account, their phone number can no longer be selected. It is badociated with specialists who, after verification, find that the IP address of the supplier is Bulgarian and that it is likely that the fraudster is Bulgarian.
The profile of the victim disappears immediately after his flight, and the number of followers on social networks is precisely the factor that hackers choose to hit.
Experts advise us to be cautious, but are firm there is no absolute protection against hackers.
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