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jabor4Naija:
Then what is the essence of the two step verification if it can still be hacked? This is crazy

PoliteActivist:
*Politeness*
Very unlikely anybody would send "millions" tho.
Let's keep the exaggerations a bit believable

symbianDON:
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!

mrksquare:
Yesterday I received a call from a fraudster who inquired from me if I was aware of the Zoom meeting of my secondary school Alma Mata billed for this week. That I should check the WhatsApp group and register accordingly.

The moment the call ended, I saw a prompt on my phone requesting me to accept the new WhatsApp security code.

Meanwhile, I did two factor authentication on my WhatsApp.

When I saw the prompt I was smart enough to know that the guy had wanted to hack my WhatsApp. I quickly declined the prompt. And sent him an SMS message that he has failed in his device.

We should be smart. Even with two factor authentication, your WhatsApp can be compromised.

Exactly same thing happened to me but different story used.

webincomeplus:
Otedola and Dangote might not have that kind of rapport. Every millionaire or billionaire still has people in their circle that they are not all that formal with.

Omoawoke2:
This only happens in Nigeria, there’s no way the thief should not be traced and apprehended in a working system

payaseriy:
your sin is more than that of that man.

You declared war on God and his prophet

Omoawoke2:
Why do you keep spamming every thread, creating fake monikers to advertise your failed business. TB Joshua no give you job?

Tilewizy:
So quick question.
1. Is it the phone, I mean bank apps. that is hacked or the whatsap alone?
2. Then what is the implication for either one of them?

This almost happened to me last week.

The person called through whatsap in the afternoon from a so called WhatsApp group I belonged to, which is true.
He said we have a meeting by 8 pm and that a link for the zoom meeting has been sent to me and the code to use in connecting.

I said no problem and has God would have it. My phone was on loud speaker, so I wasn't close to it.

He now said I should send the code sent to me so he can tick attendance.

I was like, wtf? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

You sent me a code to login in to a zoom meeting and you are asking I send it back to you.

I was like, no problem I would join the zoom meeting, so long as I have the time in the evening by 8pm.

He kept persisting, that was how I ended the call just like that. I just became irritated by the while thing.

When I pressed the screen of my phone to see who actually called, I realised a code sent to me and I almost clicked on "ok", since it was what automatically was displaying on the screen, it's something you can't easily miss, except you are a bit careful. One can mistakenly click on the "ok".

I was just lucky to tap on the "back" option on the phone screen, and that was how God saved me.

This is not the issue that one is greedy and that they would say you fell for the trick.

Person just dey him dey, the same technology that has come to help us, is now what they use to taunt us.

What can one really do to prevent this?

PoliteActivist:
*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

symbianDON:
1. It's only whatsapp that's hackable via this means
2. Once hacked, your account can be used by the hacker for anything! Mostly though, they would usually only send messages soliciting for money from your contacts. A typical message goes thus; Hello! Please i need to send 100k to someone urgently but my bank's network is bad. Kindly help send it. I will refund it as soon as the network is ok. Please send it to 80******* Palmpay. Thanks..

You were quite lucky to have pressed the back/cancel button otherwise you would have been hacked if you had pressed OK. Most people actually press OK inadvertently and get hacked! In your own case, the hacker tried a double-pronged attack: the link method as well as the direct reset/request method. If you haven't already set up a 2-factor authentication, do so now.

Deemas:
You can set your limit upto 5m as you progress with transaction in the app that I use. Furthermore, if Mr A's level of risk as per scam is high, that of Mr B might be low. It is well, may we not fall victim of scammers.

PoliteActivist:
*Politeness*
Honestly why I made the statement is because a friend had like experience recently. He sent a loan of 50K to a friend, not knowing it was scam. He told everyone he sent 500K.
That's human nature. As long as they know u have no way of knowing the amount they actually sent!

Deemas:
Sharp men everywhere in naija 😂

PoliteActivist:
The senator may not be lying but his friends very likely are. Some may not even have sent anything

Deemas:
I get your point my brother - in case the senator wants to consider a refund

Connoisseur:
I had to look at your profile first.

Well, you are right🤷

Mandate1:
nice profile name.

I must at this stage express my dismay with the lack of due diligence in the bank account opening and maintenance system in our country,” he said.