A fake article about a kidnapped child is being spread on Facebook, but in reality scammers there want your login details!
Many Facebook users are currently spreading an article about an alleged recent kidnapping that apparently took place nearby. However, it is a perfidious lure: this kidnapping does not even exist, but curiosity causes users to fall into a phishing trap.
The descriptive text in the Facebook posts is deliberately kept very general, while the headline of the article preview always implies that it happened very close by:
“The girl is in danger. Kidnappers kidnapped my friend's daughter. The police are asking the public to report the case and make it known so that the perpetrators may be identified. You can see their faces in the surveillance images. Please help us find her.”
The link then leads to a completely made-up article.
Curious: The place of residence is directly in the URL, so we simply changed it for the screenshot:
The date also changes: yesterday's date is always displayed under the author's name.
A shopping center camera allegedly filmed the kidnapping. At this point it is already noticeable that the preview image on Facebook does not match the preview image of the supposed recording.
If you tap on the video to see the alleged kidnapping, you fall into the trap:
The video is only supposed to be for ages 18 and up, which is why you have to confirm your age via Facebook (!)... but be careful, it's not the real one Page!
By the way, there is no video to see: After you appear to have logged in, you are redirected to the real Facebook page - but the criminals now have full access to the user's account!
Conclusion
The article about the kidnapped child is purely a lure to get users' login details. Users who clicked on the video and entered their real login details should change their Facebook password as soon as possible!
Also interesting:
It didn't take long, and now the fake Lidl page has reappeared on Facebook under a new name from data collectors.
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