Danger! Scam messages coming on Discord even from friends can steal your account

Danger!  Scam messages coming on Discord even from friends can steal your account

Pretty much every gamer uses Discord. However, scammers are now using a new scam to steal your account. MeinMMO reveals how you can protect yourself.

the essentials in brief

  • Messages are currently doing the rounds on Discord claiming that you have been “compromised”. You will be invited to a server.
  • The messages can even come from supposed friends.
  • Under no circumstances should you click on such links. Otherwise change your password immediately.

What is this scam? Like watching some users on Twitter report, they get private messages from their friends’ accounts. According to these, perverse pictures or information about them are in circulation.

They are said to have sent naked pictures of themselves and are therefore now being exposed on a public discord in order to defame them. An invitation to the relevant Discord is also attached.

Recommended Editorial Content

At this point you will find external content from Twitter that complements the article.

I consent to external content being displayed to me. Personal data can be transmitted to third-party platforms. Read more about our privacy policy.

The corresponding contact then blocks you directly because they “do not want anything to do with you.” Clicking on the link takes you to the server and, according to reports, you are asked to authenticate. However, you should definitely not do that.

Verification steal your password, hack your account

Why this is dangerous: As one user reports, his account was stolen after authentication. Someone else logged into him, sent more scam messages, and then blocked people.

See also  Inside Xbox Series X | S Optimized - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Corresponding messages can also come from the accounts of friends and acquaintances and not just from strangers on a server. But since the contact blocks you directly, you can at least not ask him via Discord whether the message is actually serious.

In addition, the links and the corresponding servers often differ, so that one cannot only warn against a specific server. That is why this new scam poses a particularly high risk potential.

How to protect yourself: If you receive messages in a similar tone, you should definitely not click the link. Notify your appropriate friends outside of Discord.

If you are affected yourself, you should change your password as soon as possible and contact Discord Support if necessary. By the way, password managers are a good way to create secure passwords. So you don’t forget them either, which can easily lead to problems:

Man has 2 attempts left to get €222 million in Bitcoin



Reference-mein-mmo.de