03.08.2021 – 16:38
Police Headquarters West Palatinate
West Palatinate (OTS)
Scams are increasingly being reported to the police via fake SMS messages about alleged voice messages (voicemails). Some time ago, this scam involved text messages with purported package deliveries. Now a link is sent to mobile users via SMS with which they can call voicemail. By clicking on the message itself or via a link, you are not redirected to your mailbox, but malware is installed that can spy on all the data.
This was also reported by a 40-year-old woman from the Kaiserslautern region: last week she received such a text message from a supposed mobile operator. Once the message was opened, an app was downloaded to your mobile phone, which supposedly sent more SMS messages with the malware.
After that, her acquaintances told the woman that they also received such a letter. In order to protect themselves from the phenomenon of the crime “SMS fraud”, the police recommends to recipients of such SMS:
- Die Nachricht löschen und nicht auf den übermittelten Link
klicken
- Dem Mobilgerät die Installation einer unbekannten App verweigern
- Über den Telekommunikationsanbieter eine Drittanbietersperre
einrichten
If you accidentally open the message or click on the link:
- Einschalten des Flugmodus
- Information des Mobilfunkanbieters und Rückfrage nach eventuell
bereits entstandenen Kosten
- Informieren Sie Ihre nächste Polizeidienststelle
- Führen Sie eine Sicherung aller auf dem Gerät enthaltener Daten
durch
- Setzen Sie Ihr Mobiltelefon auf den Werkzustand zurück
- Passwörter ändern
More information on this topic can be found on the page www.polizei-beratung.de Or by clicking on this link: https://s.rlp.de/O5wJm | elz
Please contact:
Police Headquarters West Palatinate
Tel: 0631369-1080 or -0
Email: [email protected]
www.polizei.rlp.de/westpfalz
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