Former Secretary of State for Digital Mounir Mahjoubi warned Internet users on Monday about a scam that is currently rampant on social networks. The 19th deputy explained in a tweet that he received a private message on his Facebook account asking him: "Is it you in this video? This seemingly trivial question is actually a trap to steal the identities of social network users.
Is that you in this video? 🚨😅🚨Big epidemic right now on facebook: above all, do not click and do not give your password. They are identity thieves. If you have done so: direct appointment in the facebook security area. Millions of potential victims. pic.twitter.com/YyHWKdMdQE
- Mounir Mahjoubi (@mounir) January 20, 2020Do not click or give your password
Hackers want to encourage the targeted Internet user to click on the video message, but it is imperative not to click on the video, nor to give their password to "identity thieves". "If you have done so: direct meeting in the Facebook security area. Millions of potential victims, ”explains Mounir Majhoubi.
This type of malicious act is not new on social networks, it has been coming back regularly since 2016, reports BFMTV, specifying that the message used for the scam is sometimes sent by one of your Facebook contacts, whose account has been hacked.
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