A Sydney man was horrified when he found a message waiting for him from someone he trusted. But then he watched a chilling 30-second video.
For anyone else, it might just be a tedious — and potentially fake — clip about how this crypto enthusiast made $10,000 from Bitcoin mining in a very short period of time.
He created a social media account for the company eight years ago during which time he built up 20,000 loyal followers. “I used my phone number and they told me to send on the link. It was the link to my own password reset.”The hacker quickly removed all Mr Levy’s details from the Lonely Kids Club account and set up their own two factor authentication system.They said “If you do this video word-for-word, you can get your account back,” Mr Levy recalled.
He and his loyal customers reported the page and it was eventually deactivated but he desperately wants it back under his control. To make matters worse, Mr Levy has been getting nowhere with Facebook despite multiple reports of his account being hacked.