A woman from Safety Harbor, Florida is living an online nightmare and wants to warn others of a seemingly simple hacking scheme involving a fake social media account and a friendly request for help.
Tiffany Carra got a message from a person she thought was one of her friends. They said they were having issues getting into their email and asked if Tiffany to help.
"I'm having issues getting on my yahoo mail. It requires me to add alternative phone number to get my [login] code. Can you help me get the code in your phone and send it to me as soon as you get it?" the message said.
Tiffany didn't realize the friend was really a hacker and the code was the final key to her own account. The hacker locked her out of her own accounts. Meanwhile, her friends started getting messages from her accounts asking for money. The hacker posted social media statuses asking if anyone wanted to buy a puppy. The hacker also tried to log into Instagram from an IP address overseas. From her email account, hackers found a picture of Tiffany's driver's license and posted it on a dating site.
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