It doesn’t matter which company you have contracted communications with, we have all at some point lost the Internet connection on our mobile for whatever reason. It is a fact that, due to its daily nature, is not usually given much importance. However, yes There are times when it can mean something bad, as the Civil Guard has recently warned.
In fact, the authorities have warned that this is an increasingly common scam. At first, you lose your mobile connection and, before you know it, your bank account has been filled with charges. A scam that, although simple, requires a procedure. If you want to try to avoid it whenever possible, it is better to know how it works in detail.
The scam that the Civil Guard warns about
We must start from the basis that, since the world began, all scams have the same goal: to get your money. Or at least the vast majority of them. In this case, what changes is the process that cybercriminals carry out to reach their final objective: your bank account. The sign that the threat has been carried out is losing the mobile connection.
Because? Well basically, because the criminals have impersonated you and thanks to this they have convinced your telephone operator to duplicate the SIM card. In this way, you stop having control of your phone; or what is the same, of all the information you have in it. If, for example, a bank sends you a password, it reaches the criminals and not you.with what that entails.
However, to reach this point, the scam involves a process, as the Civil Guard has explained. To obtain the identity of the victims, which is the key through which everything else happens, there are several paths. The first is the massive leaks of information, about which little can be done. In the others, there is room for all users.
It is common for cybercriminals to use phishing strategies (that is, impersonating a company, bank, family member, or whoever) to that you yourself be the one who provides your data. And they can achieve the same thing through phone calls or, if necessary, even through a fraudulent WhatsApp message.
Be careful if you lose your mobile connection
How can you avoid this scam related to loss of mobile connection? The safest thing is to activate two-step authentication for your bank accounts. Or what is the same, that simply a code sent by SMS is not useful to verify that it is you who is carrying out an operation.
In this case, using the fingerprint or digital signature can be of great help. Also use Google access keys for greater protection. Not to mention that the less personal information you share on the Internet and social networks, the less likely you are to be targeted by cybercriminals.
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