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Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Addme: 3:36am On Jan 15 |
Tokunbo Afikuyomi, a former senator, has narrated how fraudsters hacked his phone and deceived his friends to transfer millions of naira to them.https://www.thecable.ng/tokunbo-afikuyomi-how-scammers-hacked-my-phone-defrauded-my-friends/amp 2 Likes
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Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Femisol(m): 3:40am On Jan 15 |
Two factor authentication is very important. What a big lesson 21 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by PoliteActivist: 4:30am On Jan 15 |
*Politeness* Very unlikely anybody would send "millions" tho. Let's keep the exaggerations a bit believable 18 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by matify83: 4:58am On Jan 15 |
Even with two step verification done, some of my colleagues have lost control of their whatsapp handle for days before taking back control and the scammers always use this same modus operandi of soliciting for money. I often wonder why i will just transfer funds to my friend based on a text message without hearing from him. 39 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by jabor4Naija(m): 5:30am On Jan 15 |
matify83: Then what is the essence of the two step verification if it can still be hacked? This is crazy 2 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Shellsploit: 5:31am On Jan 15 |
Na when una go dey use trannsion devices 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by zegeijuwa: 5:32am On Jan 15 |
Because you lacked very basic security measures. You gave out the OTP for your whatsapp after been social engineered. Check your sms you'd see the OTP and figure out when and how you gave it out. No magic here. 35 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Oloki: 5:33am On Jan 15 |
The scammers are on rampage this January. Did exactly the same to one man I know very well. They try to enter his bank account but couldn't but have already hacked his whatsapp. Am not sure they got up to a million but people transfer money to them in 20k, 50k etc with their sob stories. God will deliver us 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by AlphaNugget(m): 5:34am On Jan 15 |
PoliteActivist:Your circle determines your alert during your time of need. Don't underrate rich men. 48 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by ezebunafo(m): 5:37am On Jan 15 |
zegeijuwa:they cloned the WhatsApp number,so otp's will be sent also to the cloned number 4 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Deemas(m): 5:37am On Jan 15 |
PoliteActivist: Very possible my dear. I was chatting with a scammer who hacked a church member's WhatsApp account without knowing. This man is a highly placed officer of the NPF. The scammer said I should loan him 1.5m and that he wants to quickly sort out something and refund in 5 days. It was when I called I got to know his WhatsApp account was hacked. 9 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by DWJOBScom(m): 5:39am On Jan 15 |
zegeijuwa: Don't mind them Claiming hacked hacked Hacked ni abi ko 1 Like |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by aikyg(m): 5:40am On Jan 15 |
This has become common. The criminals target phones that have old versions of Whatsapp or phones that have malware preinstalled in them. The malware's job is to read your SMS and forward the SMS to the criminals. To prevent this: 1, Always make sure that your phone's OS is up to date. 2, Always ensure that your Whatsapp is up to date 3, Avoid buying foreign used phones, as most of them come with malware preinstalled. 4, Lastly, set up 2FA for you Whatsapp. 11 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by DWJOBScom(m): 5:41am On Jan 15 |
ezebunafo: This is false 14 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by nastyesco(m): 5:43am On Jan 15 |
Nnamdi Kanu for 2027 President 1 Like |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by DWJOBScom(m): 5:44am On Jan 15 |
Uts either people are defrauding themselves and claiming hacked or everyone is just plain stupid. So you sent your OTP to a scammer and claimed you were hacked or you gave your phone out to be fixed and gave out all your details 1 Like |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by PoliteActivist: 5:44am On Jan 15 |
Deemas: AlphaNugget: *Politeness* Oh, I know they can request it, but even Tinubu won't transfer 1.5m just like that. Infact most banks and apps have maximum of 1m or less |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Connoisseur(m): 5:56am On Jan 15 |
PoliteActivist: I had to look at your profile first. Well, you are right🤷 2 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Blackfire(m): 5:59am On Jan 15 |
Senators loot billions.... scammers loot millions from you... I think all is fair Everybody will chop breakfast |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by duduade: 5:59am On Jan 15 |
zegeijuwa: 🤣🤣🤣 Leave am make e dey run hin mouth upandan 🤣🤣.. but if na to move Nigerian s money he head go dey alright 2 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by zegeijuwa: 6:03am On Jan 15 |
ezebunafo: impossible to clone a whatsapp number. Unless they swapped his simcard of which he would have lost signal. Whatsapp generates OTP using device ID and mobile number and OTPs are have a validity period. He gave out the out unknowingly or entered it on a phising link that dsiplayed it in plaintext to the attacker. 6 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Gandollar(f): 6:04am On Jan 15 |
I nearly fell victim. But the phone owner started sending text messages to her contact to alert them of the hacking. The second time, I had to call the phone owner to ask him if it was him asking for money and a voice resembling his own said "pay". I was confused and scared too because he may have been kidnapped by the hackers. But I didn't pay and no news of any kidnap both in the media and his friends. They usually use Opay and the likes to receive the money. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by ABC101FF: 6:09am On Jan 15 |
Femisol:I still get hacked severally even with 2FA. I THINK THE PROBLEM LIES MAINLY WITH USING AFTER MARKET WHATSAPP (WhatsApp Mods). 4 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Nairalander248: 6:16am On Jan 15 |
PoliteActivist: Let's say, you are in the thousands cadre, someone in hundreds cadre would not believe someone would send your hacker 10k. Remember it's naira not dollars 2 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Omoawoke2(m): 6:16am On Jan 15 |
This only happens in Nigeria, there’s no way the thief should not be traced and apprehended in a working system 4 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by Omoawoke2(m): 6:18am On Jan 15 |
PoliteActivist: Lol, this things happen. Depends on your network. 3 Likes |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by symbianDON(m): 6:21am On Jan 15 |
zegeijuwa:not necessarily. All they have to do is request whatsapp to set up a new phone while submitting the victim's number. Whatsapp then sends a pop-up to the the victim's phone. Once the victim clicks on OK on the pop-up, he's hacked! 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by symbianDON(m): 6:22am On Jan 15 |
zegeijuwa:not true Sir. You can still get hacked without a link or sending any OTP! 1 Like |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by zegeijuwa: 6:24am On Jan 15 |
symbianDON: impossible in case of whatsapp. 1 Like |
Re: Tokunbo Afikuyomi: How Scammers Hacked My Phone, Defrauded My Friends by oliverwrites: 6:26am On Jan 15 |
PoliteActivist:Because you can't do it for your friends doesn't mean others can't. |
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