Dire Warning to Facebook Users Regarding Nigerian Hackers
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(Click the blue links in this article. They contain well-sourced info on the scams described here & how to avoid them). Imagine you're going about your day & get a call from an unfamiliar number. Distracted, you pick it up and tend to it like usual. Nothing seems out of place but, when you check your bank balance, it's missing $220,000 . That's what happened to the man in the 60 Minutes Australia report below. Scammers drained every cent from his business & personal accounts with just 10 transactions in a matter of minutes according to the bank, who said they couldn't get it back because it was quickly converted to cryptocurrency--a common tactic among scammers. Another woman lost over $90,000 the same way. They never received a single warning from their bank's notification system that these huge withdrawals were made. (I can't embed the video for some obnoxious reason so here's the link to Youtube): https://www.youtube....