Scammers are posing as your bank, the police or a regulator on a WhatsApp or FaceTime call, claiming something dodgy has happened to your account and asking you to share your screen so they can ‘help’ — or to install an app so they can take the wheel. Once they can see your screen, every code that pops up is theirs, and they quietly drain the account. It’s mostly aimed at adults, so it could just as easily be a parent’s phone as yours.
The move
Never screen-share with, or install anything for, someone who contacted you first. Hang up, then ring the bank on the number from the card or the app. Already sharing? End the call, flick on airplane mode, then ring the bank — and if it’s a parent’s phone, tell them straight away.
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