01-08-2014, 02:30 AM
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Several LINE accounts hacked, contacts tricked into buying gift cards
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Updated: 07/31/2014 21:45 | By Channel NewsAsia
Several LINE accounts hacked, contacts tricked into buying gift cards
SINGAPORE: Several users of a mobile messaging application called LINE have made police reports after finding themselves entangled in a scam.
These users reportedly had their accounts hacked into.Their contacts were tricked into buying iTunes gift cards after receiving messages purportedly sent by the users.
One victim of the scam told Channel NewsAsia: "I went into my Line account and tried to change my password and email address, but I couldn't do it as the hacker had actually embedded his email address in it. So I decided to send messages one by one to all my friends to warn them to block my nick from their Line account. And they replied saying that they have received such a message from me."
In July alone, 15 such cases have been reported to the police. In the worst case, a victim was cheated of some $3,000.
- CNA/xy
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