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Young girl calls “Quickly Asked SMS Authentication Code” and unexpectedly sprayed 1,000 yuan new scam technique exposed | life | CTWANT

There are endless scams, and the public should be more vigilant to avoid being deceived. A male netizen received a call from an unfamiliar woman. The other party claimed that he had entered the wrong phone number and wanted him to inform him of the authentication code of the SMS. However, he lost 1,000 yuan to him before he realized that he was cheated.

A male netizen said in his Facebook page “The Three Two Things of Xinyi” today (30th) that he received a text message on his mobile phone during lunch. The content was the authentication code of Yahoo. It didn’t take long for an undisplayed phone call. The other party was A young girl explained that when she used Yahoo for authentication, she entered her mobile phone number incorrectly, “Excuse me, can you please tell me which authentication code? I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please help me, please !”

After the male netizen informed the authentication code, he actually lost 1,000 yuan. (Schematic diagram/reproduced from pexels)

Because he was eating at the time and the woman’s voice was sincere and hurried, the male netizen told him the authentication code without any doubt, but later he became more and more wrong, “Could it be a scam group?!” So he immediately dialed the 165 anti-fraud hotline, impressively It is found that there have been many small payment frauds in the past two months, such as online purchase of game point cards or calling cards. The manufacturer’s system will ask to enter the mobile phone number, and then send a set of authentication codes to the mobile phone. , After entering the received authentication code into the system, the micropayment is completed.

The male netizen revealed that he lost 1,000 yuan as a result. “Generally speaking, micropayments mainly replace small cash transactions. Although this method increases the convenience of the people, it has also been used by fraudulent groups and has become an emerging fraud method. “. He called on the public not only to be more vigilant, but also to remind their family members to be aware of such scams.

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