The most common internet scams | Chega Mais (14/05/24)14 mai 2024
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The programme brings together accounts from victims of social media scams, among them fake paid tasks with escalating deposits and the theft of a shopkeeper's profile, used to sell non-existent products to her followers. A companion report shows a businessman who lost money in a fake job offer involving cryptocurrency investment. Forensic expert Adriano Vallim explains the mechanics of the bait with initial payments, account takeover through fraudulent SIM swap, the signs of cloned profiles and the blackmail that follows, and recommends two-step verification through an authenticator app.
The interview is in Portuguese. The summary above is in English.