I-FBI ixwayisa abantu ngokusabalala SMS ubugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi (smishing) umkhankaso wokusabalalisa i-“state to state” oheha abantu ngemiyalezo ebazisa ukuthi banemali ekhokhelwayo okumele bayixazulule. Lo mkhonyovu kuhloswe ngawo ukweba izincwadi zabo nokubaqola.

Kukhona nobufakazi bokuthi lo mkhankaso - obikwe ngabantu ezifundazweni ezintathu kuze kube manje, ngokusho kwe-a isimemezelo senkonzo yomphakathi yi-FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)—ithinte ezinye izingxenye zomhlaba ngaphambi kokuba ifinyelele ogwini lwase-US.

Lo mkhankaso, osebenza e-US kusukela okungenani ekuqaleni kukaMashi futhi ubikwe ngabantu abangaphezu kuka-2,000, uthumela abasebenzisi umlayezo wombhalo obonakala uvela enhlanganweni yokuqoqwa kwemigwaqo yezifunda zabo ezithile, bethi bakweleta imali ekhokhelwa umgwaqo omkhulu ongakhokhelwa.

“Siqaphele inani elisele lentela elingu-$12.51 kurekhodi lakho,” kufundeka umbhalo womunye onjalo womlayezo. "Ukuze ugweme inkokhelo yakamuva engu-$50.00, vakashela ku-https://myturnpiketollservices.com ukuze ukhokhe ibhalansi yakho."

Iqhinga Elidala Lobunjiniyela Bezenhlalakahle Lihlala Lisebenza

Ngenkathi ukukhwabanisa azizintsha neze, ziyaqhubeka nokusetshenziswa abahlaseli ngoba basenamandla okukhohlisa abasebenzisi ukuthi banikeze imininingwane ebalulekile evumela ukuthi izigebengu ze-inthanethi zithole inzuzo. Isexwayiso se-FBI sisodwa siwuphawu lokuthi umkhankaso wokukhokhiswa kwentela engakhokhiwe kungenzeka unyuke, futhi ukhathazeke ngokwanele ukuze unikeze ukuqapha kwabangase babe izisulu.

Imibhalo “iqukethe cishe ulimi olufanayo” futhi isebenzisa amanani afanayo kulokho okubizwa ngama-tolls asele. Okushintshayo ukusuka kwesinye isimo kuye kwesinye ukuthi isixhumanisi esinonya esinikezwe ngaphakathi kombhalo sidalwe ukuzenza igama lesevisi ye-toll yezwe, "futhi izinombolo zocingo zibonakala zishintsha phakathi kwezifunda," ngokusho kwe-IC3.

Isixhumanisi siyisa abasebenzisi kulokho okubukeka njengamawebhusayithi asemthethweni ezinsizakalo ze-toll, sibacela ukuthi bafake imininingwane ngokuzenzisa ukukhokha i-toll. Esikhundleni salokho abahlaseli baqoqa izifakazelo zenkokhelo yesisulu kanye nenye idatha ebucayi okungenzeka kwabelwane ngayo nezinye izigebengu ze-inthanethi kanye/noma isetshenziswe ekuhlaselweni kobunjiniyela bomphakathi esikhathini esizayo.

I-Toll Scam Yasakaza I-US Yonkana

I-FBI ayizange icacise ukuthi yiziphi izifundazwe okwamanje ezithintekayo ngenxa yegagasi lokuhlasela okuhlobene nokukhokhiswa, kodwa ukuphenywa ngokushesha kwenkundla yezokuxhumana X, phambilini eyayibizwa ngokuthi i-Twitter, kuthola ubufakazi bokuthi. umkhonyovu okungenani ithinte abasebenzisi e-Pennsylvania.

I-Turnpike yasePennsylvania (@PA_Turnpike), umgwaqo okhokhelwayo, kanye nezinsizakalo ezihlobene ezithinta izwe lonke, zithumele isexwayiso enkundleni yezokuxhumana X ukuze zazise abasebenzisi ngomkhankaso, futhi zabakhuthaza ukuthi babike noma yimiphi imilayezo yomkhonyovu ku-IC3.

"Amanye amakhasimende athole imiyalezo yokuzama ubugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi ethi ivela kumasevisi e-PA Turnpike," ngokusho kuka- okuthunyelwe. "Uma uthola umbhalo onjalo, ukuhlinzeka ngesixhumanisi sokukhokha imali ekhokhwayo, ungachofozi isixhumanisi, bese ususa umbhalo."

Umkhonyovu kungenzeka uhlobane nalowo ofana nalowo owake wahlasela i-Australia yonkana, njengoba abantu basezifundazweni ezingxenyeni ezisempumalanga nesentshonalanga yezwe ngo-2022 nango-2023, ngokulandelana kwabo, baphinde babika ngo-X ukuthi bathole imilayezo yokushayela ehlobene ne-toll.

Emuva ngo-Agasti 2022, umsebenzisi we-X U-Anthony Campisini uthumele mayelana nomkhonyovu we-toll ohlobene ne-City Link, isevisi yemigwaqo enguthelawayeka eningizimu-mpumalanga yedolobha lase-Aussie, i-Melbourne, nayo ezame ukuheha abasebenzisi besifunda ngomlayezo omayelana nemigwaqo engakhokhelwa. Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka kamuva, omunye umsebenzisi we-X esifundazweni sase-Western Australia (WA) wabona ngoMashi 2023 ukuthi ubethola imilayezo ye-SMS “eminingi yomkhonyovu” imazisa ukuthi ukweleta imali ekhokhelwayo.

“Ngazi kanjani ukuthi bangamaqola?” umsebenzisi, @EMacskasy, ohamba ngegama lika-X elithi "Evan Stop the Killing," ithunyelwe. "Lapha e-WA = asinawo ama-tolls emigwaqweni yethu."

Hlala Uqaphile

Okwabonwa yi-EMacskasy kuyisibonelo esihle sokuthi abantu abaqondiswe kulo mkhonyovu bangagwema kanjani ukuphazanyiswa yiwo - ngokuthatha isikhashana ukucacisa uma kungenzeka ukuthi bakweleta imali ekhokhelwayo ngaphambi kokuba babhekane nedolo futhi bahlanganyele nomlayezo ngokushesha. .

I-IC3 yeluleka abantu ukuthi bafake isikhalazo ku-IC3 iwebhusayithi ye-ejensi uma bethola omunye wemilayezo futhi bafaka phakathi ulwazi olulandelayo: inombolo yocingo lapho umbhalo uvela khona kanye newebhusayithi esohlwini lombhalo.

Abantu futhi kufanele bahlole noma iyiphi i-akhawunti ye-toll-akhawunti abanayo ngokuya ngokuhlukene futhi ngokuqondile kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yesevisi, ukuze baqiniseke ukuthi ama-akhawunti abo ahlelekile, kanye/noma bathinte inombolo yocingo yesevisi yamakhasimende esemthethweni ukuze bahlole i-akhawunti futhi babavumele. yazi ngomkhonyovu. Njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, abantu kufanele basuse imibhalo.

Uma ngabe othile usevele wazibandakanya nesixhumanisi noma unikeze ulwazi, kufanele enze umzamo wokuvikela ulwazi lwakhe lomuntu siqu nama-akhawunti ezezimali, futhi aphikise noma yimaphi amacala angajwayelekile angase abonise ubufakazi bomsebenzi wobugebengu bamakhompuyutha.

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