Single mum loses $28,000, left with $4 in bank after clicking FB ad

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A single mother lost $28,000 - money that she did not even have - after hackers gained remote access to her phone. According to Shin Min Daily News, hackers not only...

However, the hacker was unable to control Ms Chen's phone remotely without user permission and hence tricked her into allowing access via a fake"app update" notification.

SMS notifications from the bank were all deleted by the hacker, so Ms Chen had no idea what was going on until around four hours later at about 6pm. As the payee added by the hacker is an encrypted currency company, Ms Chen's money has likely been converted into cryptocurrency and then transferred to a third-party, so hopes of recovering it are slim.

 

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