Online and Social Media Related Crime
Profile Hacking/ Identity Theft
Someone gets into your social media or email, or uses your name and ID without your permission.
How Scam Works?
This chat is made up. It shows how the trick usually sounds. It is not a real message. Do not reply, and do not send money.
Demonstration
WhatsApp, from your own stolen account
Your profile, messaging a friend
Scam message
I am locked out. Send me the six-digit code that just came to your phone. I need it to prove this is me.
What you might say
That code is for logging in. I will not share it.
Scam message
It is only to recover the account. Read it now before it expires.
Do not send your password or login code to a friend, even if the message looks like them.
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They get the password or the code
This often starts with a fake login page, a shared code, or a password used on many sites.
- 02
They use your name
From your account, they message people you know. Or they use your ID details for a SIM, a loan, or a new profile.
- 03
You notice late
The clues are a password that fails, a code you did not request, or a friend asking why you wanted money.