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Zeemam:
There are multiple reports on social media that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is hacking the mobile phones of Nigerians via an automated phone call.

Mr. Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi, have been calling Nigerians randomly to ask that they vote for them but hackers have discovered that it’s a ploy by the duo to hack people’s phones.

The Truecaller app was used to identify one of these numbers on a phone that received the call last night. This shows 01 440 0049 with the name ‘PDP HQ’ as owner. The number only shows when the call is incoming. After the call has ended, you will only see ‘Hidden Number’ on the phone call history.

A hacker who refused to be named for obvious Cyber Security reasons urged Nigerians not to fall for the scam of the PDP and their candidates, noting that, they will access the phone records of individuals who fall for the scam.

“This is a high level scam that was used by the Russians during the 2016 election in the United States. They are replicating it in Nigeria and it could harmful to your phone, even beyond identity theft cases.

The hacker said those who do not use smartphones are less vulnerable because the ‘spam’ deployed is aimed at people using smartphones.

“Maybe iPhone users can be protected because they have a stronger anti-spam and anti-virus protection via the Apple iCloud, but those using android are their real target.

He urged Nigerians not to receive these phone calls from numbers they do not know or cannot verify as spam.

Zeemam:
There are multiple reports on social media that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is hacking the mobile phones of Nigerians via an automated phone call.

Mr. Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi, have been calling Nigerians randomly to ask that they vote for them but hackers have discovered that it’s a ploy by the duo to hack people’s phones.

The Truecaller app was used to identify one of these numbers on a phone that received the call last night. This shows 01 440 0049 with the name ‘PDP HQ’ as owner. The number only shows when the call is incoming. After the call has ended, you will only see ‘Hidden Number’ on the phone call history.

A hacker who refused to be named for obvious Cyber Security reasons urged Nigerians not to fall for the scam of the PDP and their candidates, noting that, they will access the phone records of individuals who fall for the scam.

“This is a high level scam that was used by the Russians during the 2016 election in the United States. They are replicating it in Nigeria and it could harmful to your phone, even beyond identity theft cases.

The hacker said those who do not use smartphones are less vulnerable because the ‘spam’ deployed is aimed at people using smartphones.

“Maybe iPhone users can be protected because they have a stronger anti-spam and anti-virus protection via the Apple iCloud, but those using android are their real target.

He urged Nigerians not to receive these phone calls from numbers they do not know or cannot verify as spam.

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Zeemam:
There are multiple reports on social media that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is hacking the mobile phones of Nigerians via an automated phone call.

Mr. Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi, have been calling Nigerians randomly to ask that they vote for them but hackers have discovered that it’s a ploy by the duo to hack people’s phones.

The Truecaller app was used to identify one of these numbers on a phone that received the call last night. This shows 01 440 0049 with the name ‘PDP HQ’ as owner. The number only shows when the call is incoming. After the call has ended, you will only see ‘Hidden Number’ on the phone call history.

A hacker who refused to be named for obvious Cyber Security reasons urged Nigerians not to fall for the scam of the PDP and their candidates, noting that, they will access the phone records of individuals who fall for the scam.

“This is a high level scam that was used by the Russians during the 2016 election in the United States. They are replicating it in Nigeria and it could harmful to your phone, even beyond identity theft cases.

The hacker said those who do not use smartphones are less vulnerable because the ‘spam’ deployed is aimed at people using smartphones.

“Maybe iPhone users can be protected because they have a stronger anti-spam and anti-virus protection via the Apple iCloud, but those using android are their real target.

He urged Nigerians not to receive these phone calls from numbers they do not know or cannot verify as spam.