Scam calls, texts to local users up 488%: GogolookBy Liu Hui-chin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerWith people worldwide stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of scam calls and text messages has rocketed to new heights, growing 190 percent worldwide last year from 2019, Gogolook said earlier this month. Photo: Huang Ching-chun, Taipei TimesTaiwanese were at particular risk, receiving more than 14 million scam calls and texts last year, up 488 percent from 2019, the company said. Clicking on a suspicious link could infect a device with a Trojan virus, which might hijack the device to send scam messages, it added. The most commonly received scam texts were notifications for package deliveries, as well as banking verification messages, the company said. “When you click the link, it asks you to enter your bank account number, password and ID card number.

Source: Taipei Times February 07, 2021 15:56 UTC