THE CENTRAL Investigation Bureau (CIB) police warned the public to beware of scammers who trick people on TikTok with many unsuspecting users having lost money, TV Channel 7 said today (Feb. 7).
In a message posted on CIB webpage the following scams were mentioned:
– Fraudsters will contact TikTok users to make promotional video clips and in the beginning the victim will be paid. After that they will persuade the victim to increasingly invest money before pocketing it all and disappearing;
– Video clips are posted offering jobs with good pay but if the victim contacts them their details are either sent to a call centre gang or they are offered an overseas job for which payment is required to process documents but in the end the jobseeker loses the money without getting the job;
– Faudsters will contact users and offer them money to just click the heart button on clips and initially they are really paid. Afterwards they will be drawn into a Line group where they also continue clicking the heart button with there being continuous invitations to transfer money and join activities. When a large sum of cash is transferred this gets stuck and the user is told to put in more money to pull out but finally unable to withdraw anything at all;
– Scammers will send phishing messages tricking users into entering personal information such as password. If they accidentally click the link their mobile phone or laptop could get infected with malware or a money-sucking remote control app moves in;
– Scammers pose as dropship suppliers and run ads for nonexisting products. Buyers are tricked into paying in advance and they then take the money and disappear.
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