Through a video on social networks, the Buenos Aires police force alerted users about this new type of deception.
The City Police shared a video in which he warns users about a new type of scams with trout finesafter neighbors made their experiences viral on social networks and spread through the media.
The police force uploaded the video to TikTok and Instagram, where an officer warned that, in this new modality known as phishing, “Scammers paste a sticker on cars that are supposedly in violation.”
“They ask you to scan a QR so, access your personal information, such as your bank account and virtual wallets”, the uniformed woman said, while recommending not carrying out this action and protecting personal data.
A specialist warns: “It is similar to the uncle’s story”
The journalist specializing in scams, Maximiliano Firmman, told for NA: “The QR is not evil, but if you install an application from the link, You disable your phone’s security and follow steps without observing the risk. That’s where hacking can happen.”
In addition, the specialist explained that the QR that appears in the brochure may be linked to a link in which they ask to follow “certain steps” and there the cell phone security is inactivated. or they even make you download an app and the hack takes place.
In that sense, Firmman explained that this new modality is similar to that of “uncle’s story”, in which criminals “take advantage of that situation so that you let your guard down and they can scam you in another way.”
“It is important for people to distrust everything by default, but not to be afraid that a QR is going to clone your phone, because it is not like that,” stressed the journalist, who explained that “There is no technical way for that to happen.”
Finally, Firmman highlighted: “The fault is not the link but rather being scammed via the steps they make you do.”
Source: Ambito
