“I received a call from Mercado Libre through which they told me that someone had bought some covers from my account; They had all my data and they asked me if my Gmail account was such… I confirmed it and then I received an email from the bank informing me regarding a money withdrawal”, Guido told Elonce.
And he continued: “When I tried to enter my homebanking account to check, I saw that it was blocked; I tried to call my partner to tell him what was happening and I had all my contacts deleted… they had changed my Gmail password, they hacked my phone and they emptied my bank account”.
The victim disclosed Elonce that, when contacting the bank to check what was happening, they confirmed that 20 minutes before a withdrawal of money had been made from his account. “They took the 5,900 pesos that I had in my account, they made an advance on my assets and in total they stole regarding 21,000 pesos from me,” he explained, realizing that he spent two days without money. “Today I received and I lack 30 thousand pesos of salary”, he lamented.
Guido assured Elonce that the person who called him, because of his tonality, was a Cordovan. “Then they began to call all my contacts, relatives and co-workers, and told them all the same story,” warned the victim of the scam.
On the occasion, the orderly stressed that his intention was to warn others to avoid new victims of the scam. “They call you and make you believe that they stole your Mercado Pago data, and when you confirm your Gmail account, because everything is linked, they access all your card data, your contacts, everything, because they change the passwords”, he specified when lamenting: “My phone is new and I can’t use it because it was hacked.”
This type of scam is known as Vishing (false calls from a Call Center). The scam is carried out through a phone call or by email claiming to be the Customer Service center of a company. In this call, the criminal collects all the information you provide such as: card numbers, identity card number, among others, in order to extract money from your bank accounts and violate your security. (Elonce)
