The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday urged residents to be aware of a new deception in which fraudsters hack into their victims’ WhatsApp accounts, according to a PJ statement yesterday.
The statement said that the Anti-Deception Coordination Centre (ADCC) of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has informed the Judiciary Police about the occurrence of multiple phone scam cases using the new method.
According to the statement, the fraudsters disguise themselves as the victims’ friends and ask them to click on the links that they have received on their smartphones. A six-digit number is created by clicking on the links. However, the six-digit number is actually the verification code of the victims’ WhatsApp accounts, so that the fraudsters can hack the victims’ accounts and steal their personal data and phone book, the statement said.
