Friday, 14 March, 2025, 08:04
A minor received a text message on his mobile phone, from a foreign number, where he made the famous Hamerger, gave him a gift. They gave him to choose between several options, and they only had to answer by choosing any of the preferred “A, B or C). And he did so … but instead of choosing a prize, he gave it, without knowing it, which was emptied in the service of distinguished messages despite without prior notice and without clicking on any link. It was a state of taxes (impersonating identity through a message) but she could not discover it in a timely manner.
His father was to verify that the mobile phone bill was higher than the usual, who realized that he was from his son’s phone 120 text messages sent to international numbers, with an increase in spending. Looking at this position, the father contacted the help of cybersecurity of the National Cyber Security Institute (ICIB), available at 017 every day from 8 to 23 hours.
How to behave in these cases
As shown from Infibe, as well as from OCU (consumers and users organizing), which also chanted this case, in this type of position, it is important to follow a series of guidelines:
First of all, the main thing is to cancel the excellent SMS service, as well as the option of additional photography calls, outside. Of course, as a preventive measure, not access to links or follow suspicious SMS indicators.
– In addition, it is important to resort to anti -portable antivirus to verify the station and verify that it is not infected with any virus.
– Check all the applications installed on the phone and uninstall those that you do not use or remember to install them. Also check their permits.
-Any deception test. The case must be condemned in front of the Internet safety office, or before state security forces and bodies, which have areas specialized in Internet crimes, to inform the facts and also have rules that claim to intend to recover the amounts paid for this deception.
