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A Cybersecurity expert He carefully warns that the scam used to dismiss savings or pension accounts has become “devastating” for the elderly.
FBI Los -Angeles July 15 published According to the agency, a reminder of the X about Phant Hacker scam, which cost Americans over $ 1 billion, at least since 2024. The FBI said the scam was aimed at elderly citizens and warns that victims could lose “savings”.
A Affer is running In three stages: “Immonder Technical Support”, “Impoo Financial Institute” and “American Government Impoval”.
In the first phase, technological support will contact the victims through the text, phone call or email, and then send them to download the program that allows the frauds a remote access to their computer. The fraudster then asks the victims to open his financial accounts to “determine whether there were any unauthorized allegations” which, according to the FBI, “is the most profitable for orientation.” After that, the fraudster will choose an account for the goal, and then the victims will say that they will call for further instructions from the “fraud department” of the bank that receives its account.
As scammers use their data for “pre -approved” pension scams
The FBI warns Americans about a scam aimed at the elderly. (Getti Image)
In the second phase, the Immondar of the financial institution will call the victims and inform them that their funds “gain access to a foreign hacker” and must be transferred to a “safe” third parties account. Then the victims were instructed to send money through the transfer of wires, cash or cryptocurrency, and they are told to send “several transactions within a day or months”.
In the third stage, the scam, the victim can be contacted by someone who represents as an employee of the US government who proposes a person to move his funds to a “alias” for protection.
The Social Security Administration Phisching Askin is aiming at pensioners
Pete Nicolette said that families should discuss with their loved ones about the chcker scam. (Getty Images/Adamkaz)
Pete Nicolette, Chief Information Security CEO in Check Point, told Fox News Digital that the scam became “devastating” for the elderly, and said that families should conduct discussion with their loved ones in order to maintain their protection. Nicolets said the scammers are now receiving personal with some of their tactics, focusing on people with certain interests.
Families need to discuss ways for the elderly to protect themselves from the scammers, said Pete Nicolette, Chief Information Security CEO in Check Point. (Istock)
“The family must conduct a discussion about it,” Nikoletti said. “But, you know, the elderly place things on Facebook as they Korvet’s collector. Criminals actually use artificial intelligence to find such types and profiles. And they will send you a letter or message stating: “Hey, the one you ordered a month ago. You know, for $ 500 you can get it … and we will deliver it to you right away. And of course, the older says,” Well, I’m a Corve collector. Perhaps I was forgotten and I didn’t know what the Corporate ordered, or you know. “
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More than $ 1 billion was taken from the elderly as a result of a phantom scam. (Istock)
Nicolets said the victims rarely return their money, even after they reported that they had stolen the authorities.
“It’s destructive,” he said. “When (the victims reported that their funds were stolen) the same day is a chance. I think it is in the only digital interest. It is, you know, 10, 15%. I heard I heard about people returning money. If it was stuck outside it, it’s not good.”
