As we close out 2023, we at Security Boulevard wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year.
Following is the latest in our series of the Best of 2023.
This week, I started getting added to WhatsApp Crypto Investment Scams.
I thought I'd share the experience with you, in case you were curious.
When you are Force-joined to a WhatsApp group, the first thing that is displayed is information about who added you to the group.
In my case, +856 20 29 725 893 created the group, and then I was added to the group by +856 20 29 728 289.
The +856 should be a clue to whether these are the advisors they claim to be, as +856 is the international calling code for Laos.
A third Laos number then removes the group creator, another Laos administrator, and a South African adminstrator.
Wait I didn't want to get a hundred WhatsApp messages a day from a new scammer.
That's ok all of Tricia's bot-controlled fake Americans are here to make you realize how special it is that you got added to the group.
I can't believe they think anyone is stupid enough to fall for this but then I look at the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS being stolen in Crypto Investment Scams and realize they wouldn't spend all of this time and money doing this if somewhere it wasn't making them a profit.
Totally Real Person JIJIT assures us that this is an American Company, and then FKK, our favorite Straight Man, asks for a website.
That doesn't stop us having more imaginary conversations to demonstrate how trustworthy things are.
Those are the people who were Force-Joined to the group and then LEFT the group.
This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from CyberCrime & Doing Time authored by Gary Warner.
This Cyber News was published on securityboulevard.com. Publication date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:13:05 +0000