A 30-year-old woman from Parel filed a complaint with the Kalachowkie police on February 13 after an unknown person hacked her Facebook and WhatsApp accounts and started messaging her friends asking for money. “Using my profile the hacker would claim that I am in urgent need of money and would ask them to send the money immediately. One of my friends instantly sent Rs 5,000 to the hacker’s Paytm account thinking that I urgently need money,” added the complainant. Safety tips for social media* Never send money to unknown internet friends without first verifying their identity. Many times people create fake accounts and ask others to send money to their accounts.

Source: Hindustan Times February 28, 2017 18:50 UTC