About this 24 Channels Cybersecurity expert Kostyantyn Korsun said: In recent weeks, social network users have been complaining heavily about Telegram fraudsters stealing accounts. They are sending messages asking you to vote for a girl who is allegedly participating in a dance competition. A person follows the link and loses his page.

How to protect yourself from scammers

As Korsun emphasized, this system is quite old. It differs only according to the reason for its application. It is important for fraudsters to write such a text so that the person clicks on the link. In general, it is important for fraudsters to get the authorization code that will be sent to your phone. A person enters it and the account is already stolen.

It could be with various excuses. Or enter the code “to support a girl.” They also like to say it’s for your safety. All these intrigues have only one purpose. All you have to do is transfer these four numbers in some way. You will then lose control over the account. They log into it. This is not your account anymore
– said Korsun.

Then everything is done by the program. It automatically sends a message to one’s contacts asking them to transfer money. And someone can do it. In a worst-case scenario, a scammer can gain access to a person’s entire phone. And the consequences could be much worse.

It is possible to protect yourself from this. There is a very simple method that will be effective in most cases. You need to set up two-factor authentication on your phone.

It is better to do this everywhere. Go to security settings, find two-factor authentication. It can be called differently. Open it and follow the instructions. This is the simplest but most reliable method. This is more than enough to be calm that the page will not be stolen.
– emphasized Korsun.

Two-factor authentication may have different options. It could be SMS or Google or Microsoft. It is better to choose one of the last options.