{"id":9712,"date":"2025-08-04T11:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/?p=9712"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:30:45","slug":"varovani-pred-podvodem-dite-potrebuje-poslat-penize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/english\/varovani-pred-podvodem-dite-potrebuje-poslat-penize\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam warning: Child needs to send money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did a child try to send you 42 thousand this summer? The police recently warned about WhatsApp scams. As far as I know, first in the Ostrava region, and lastly in the \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice region. For example here: <a href=\"https:\/\/policie.gov.cz\/clanek\/falesne-deti-opet-utoci.aspx\">https:\/\/policie.gov.cz\/clanek\/falesne-deti-opet-utoci.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But of course it doesn&#039;t matter where you are physically. Everything happens online. My mom texted my &quot;sister&quot; like this over the weekend. And she&#039;s neither in Ostrava nor in Bud\u011bjovice...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attack progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, the child writes an SMS saying that he has a problem with his mobile phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Snimek-obrazovky-2025-08-01-v-19.37.19-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Snimek-obrazovky-2025-08-01-v-19.37.19-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Snimek-obrazovky-2025-08-01-v-19.37.19-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Snimek-obrazovky-2025-08-01-v-19.37.19-7x12.jpeg 7w, https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Snimek-obrazovky-2025-08-01-v-19.37.19-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lukasbarda.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Snimek-obrazovky-2025-08-01-v-19.37.19.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the communication continues on WhatsApp, where he asks for money (usually a payment of around CZK 40,000, of course to someone else&#039;s account). People have already sent around three million crowns this way for vacations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Scam Warning: Beware of Fake Offspring\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Whhv0DC10Bo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look for warning signs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We write to each other through a different channel, not where we normally do, because something (dead, broken, blocked mobile phone)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a person can&#039;t make calls, wants money, and is generally weird, then it&#039;s a scam on 99%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weird = (1) &quot;it can stay between us&quot; type of messages, (2) &quot;you already sent it&quot; time pressure, (3) person changes during the text &quot;I&#039;m alone&quot;, (4) Yelling and nagging, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Definitely don&#039;t send anything. Or verify &quot;otherwise&quot; if it&#039;s really the person. Otherwise = call me from someone (in corporates you know this principle as the second factor, MFA or 2FA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need to stay calm and not start hysterical, not send something somewhere right away, you need to think. These attacks go through emotions: &quot;I&#039;m in trouble and I need help NOW.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">More articles about cybersecurity, a healthy relationship with technology, and AI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did a child try to send you 42 thousand this summer? The police warned about WhatsApp scams. 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