Be Careful! This Is The Variety Of Account Kuras Mode Via WA

Illustration of account deletion mode via WA (Photo: Doc. Antara)

YOGYAKARTA Online fraud cases with account deletion mode through WA have recently become increasingly widespread. Fraud perpetrators usually take advantage of social engineering tricks by sending APK files (Application Package Files) to victims via WhatsApp chat rooms. If you are not careful, you can become a victim of account burglary because you open a blank file sent by the fraudster.

Please note, files with Apk format are file formats that are used to distribute and install software and middleware to mobile phones with the Android operating system.

Files in apk format are usually not available in official app stores, such as the Google Play Store. This type of file is often used to upload malware that requires fraudsters to enter the chat room on the victim's cellphone to drain the account.

Summarized from various sources, here are some account deletion modes via WA that you need to know:

WhatsApp users who are victims of this fraud case are usually still ordinary about online fraud modes.

In launching the action, the perpetrator will send an ampk file or application entitled Digital Marriage Certificate with a size of 6.6 MB, followed by a message containing We hope for its presence,.

It didn't stop there, the fraudster also asked the prospective victim to open the blank file that was sent, under the pretext that the victim should check whether the contents of the file were really addressed to the victim.

Similar to the mode of wedding invitation, the fraudster will pretend to be a courier and send an attachment to a file with the title 'See Package Photos' to the victim, but in a public format.

If the victim is not observant and opens the file, the money stored in the account will be drained until it runs out.

The message sent by the perpetrator in an apk format is likely to run in the background and retrieve the victim's data, so that fraudsters can access the victim's banking account.

The next mode of account deletion through WA is sending a ticket in the chat room.

The perpetrators usually claim to be from the police. They asked the potential victim to open a message sent via WhatsApp chat with the title 'Surat Tilang.apk'. If the link is clicked on by the recipient of the message, then the account balance of the recipient of the message will be drained.

Please note, the police have never sent an electronic ticket via WhatsApp messages. Traffic violators caught on the ETLE (Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement) camera will be sent a ticket confirmation letter to the public address of motorized vehicles.

For people who receive messages with the title 'Tilang Certificate' in a public format, they can directly report to the call center number (call center) of the Police 110.

This is information about account deletion mode through WA. Hopefully this article can increase the insight of VOI.ID readers.