Cyberpolice warned of fraudsters’ scheme with Telegram Premium subscription

Scammers offer Telegram users a bogus Premium gift subscription to steal their accounts. On the activation of this scheme before the holidays warned the Department for combating cybercrimes of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia.

“Ahead of the holidays, attackers will activate a scheme with a fictitious subscription Telegram Premium to steal accounts in the messenger”, – stated in the message.

According to the agency, messages can come from familiar users whose accounts have already been hacked, and from unknown accounts.

On a fake page, the user is asked to enter a phone number and confirmation code. Having obtained this data, attackers can access the account, complete other active sessions and use it to send fraudulent messages and malicious links to the owner’s contacts.

UBC recommends users not to follow links and not scan QR codes with offers of free subscription Telegram Premium. The agency also urges citizens not to enter confirmation codes on third-party sites, even if the message came from a familiar person.