To obtain personal data, scammers began sending Telegram users messages with the question “Is that you in the photo?”, attaching a malicious file, said an expert from the Popular Front. Analytics” Alla Khrapunova.
“The photo itself is not visible, the message is closed for viewing, looks like a file and has the ARC extension,” she said RIA Novosti.
Khripunova explained that when downloading, a person installs a malicious program, through which scammers gain access to all data, including banking data.
The head of the spam analysis group at Mail.ru Mail, Dmitry Moryakov, previously spoke about a fraudulent scheme using email.
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Source: russian.rt.com
