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Hello, can you give me your number? Hello, text me your phone number. Odnoklassniki page does not open

People are becoming more and more familiar with the Internet. It is no longer only children and the “advanced” who are on social networks. Many have found their friends, classmates, colleagues, simply interesting interlocutors, and are actively corresponding with them, sharing their secrets.

But do not forget about the safety measures that should be observed. After all, along with the development of the Internet, came the understanding of the convenience of storing funds in card bank accounts. So are we doing everything right so as not to lose our savings?

Recently, in the Kirov region and, in particular, in the Podosinovsky district, cases of fraud, as I call it, “based on trust,” have become more frequent. It was the sheer number of cases and the gullibility of users that prompted me to write this warning.

Hello, I broke my phone, lost all contacts, write me yours

It is with this text that one of the fraud schemes begins. Such a sentence, written by someone familiar, say, on the Odnoklassniki network, usually does not arouse suspicion. Well, you never know, a person has lost, why not remind... At the same time, many forget that the bank is tied to this number bank card. And if a friend’s account is hacked, any fraudster on his behalf can obtain not only information about your phone, but also, by downloading a banking application, gain access to your funds.

Here is my personal experience communication in classmates with a “burglar”

Of course, my suspicion was also aroused by the fact that the request for the number came at one in the morning, but... It’s worth showing suspicion, getting your interlocutor to talk, asking facts known to both of them, and he will simply switch to another contact from the hacked account.

In fact, getting a phone number from you is just the beginning. No one will be able to launch the application or make a transfer knowing ONLY the phone number. To confirm these actions, the bank sends one-time passwords via SMS messages. Here is an example of SMS "correspondence"

As you can see, in every message when the bank reports the password, a warning is sent:

Do not share this password with anyone, including a Bank employee.

It’s a pity that no one reads such a “long” sentence. And, therefore, scammers manage to find out all the passwords that are sent to the potential victim’s phone. As a result of such a casual conversation, hard-earned money can easily be transferred to other accounts.

Compliance with other basic security rules will allow you to protect yourself from fraud:

  • Sberbank never asks for passwords to cancel transactions in Sberbank Online. If you are asked to enter a password to cancel the transaction, then stop using the service and immediately contact the Bank.
  • To login Personal Area Only an ID and a password/one-time password are required. If you are required to provide any other personal information, then stop using the service and immediately contact the Bank.
  • You should enter one-time passwords only if the operation was initiated by you. When you receive an SMS with a one-time password, carefully read its contents. You should enter a password into the system only if the details of your transaction match the details in the received SMS message.
  • Cancellation of transactions in the Sberbank Online system is not provided. If you receive such a message, they are scammers. Stop using Sberbank Online and immediately contact the Bank.
  • Check that you have established a secure SSL connection to the official service websites: https://online.sberbank.ru/CSAFront/index.do, https://online.sberbank.ru/).

Alexey Artemov

Added 02/05/2016:

Attention! Approximately the same scheme for luring data through the QIWI system. Several students from the Podosinov school have already been injured. Do not tell ANYONE the passwords that come to your phone!!!

What should you do if, for no reason, your classmates ask you to enter your phone number on the website? Or are your classmates blocking you and asking you to send an SMS? And when the page in Odnoklassniki does not open, what should you do? Read about solutions to these and other problems here on this page.

Let us warn you right away - a situation where suddenly classmates ask for a phone number or require an SMS should already alert you. Do not make rash decisions - but rather read the text on this page, it is possible that it will save your money. We are confident that every user of social networks should be informed about the possible danger posed by scammers in classmates.

In a number of cases, when suddenly your classmates ask for a phone number on your website, these are the actions of scammers that end in a waste of money on your mobile phone.

As you know, the cause of most troubles is ignorance and ignorance. And in order to avoid problems in 99% of cases, you had to know what you should have done (or not done) from the very beginning. But no one warned us... alas. And then, suddenly, the site asks your classmates to enter your phone number or asks you to send an SMS, and then they take money from your phone.

The site has prepared an article that will tell you how not to fall for the scammers in Odnoklassniki. And if you have already fallen for deception among your classmates, what should you do in this case?

He who is forewarned is forearmed! Read our article - perhaps 5 minutes spent will help you save a couple of thousand rubles (and this, you see, is serious money that you would hardly give to someone unknown).

So, below are the popular methods of deception used by scammers in Odnoklassniki.

In fact, the divorce described has nothing to do with social network no relation. After all, it’s not classmates who ask you to enter a phone number, and especially not classmates who withdraw money from your phone, but people who have nothing to do with this social network.

Odnoklassniki require phone number, SMS

Odnoklassniki blocked and demanded SMS. When you open classmates in the browser, a window pops up with a message, for example:

  • Your profile has been hacked and is blocked. To restore access to your profile, enter the mobile phone number to which you will be sent free sms with a confirmation code. If you really broke the rules in classmates and you were blocked by the OKov administration, they do not ask for an SMS.
  • Your page was hacked and spam was sent from it.
  • Our security system detected massive spam messages being sent from your account, and we were forced to temporarily block it. To restore access to your account, you need to undergo verification via your mobile phone.
  • Classmates ask for validation. They ask you to confirm that you are a real person.

At the same time, classmates demand a phone number or SMS. After the phone number is entered, an SMS with a confirmation code arrives. When you enter the confirmation code, money will be withdrawn from your phone. But the promised restoration of access to the page in Odnoklassniki will not happen; instead, most likely, classmates will again demand a phone number.

Message texts may vary. But the essence is the same everywhere - they scare you that you will no longer be able to use your classmates and ask you to enter your phone number or send an SMS. By the way, sometimes after this, the classmates’ page may stop opening. What to do in this case - read below.

As another option, classmates require you to send an SMS. As soon as you do this, they will withdraw money from your phone, and nothing else will happen.

Read below to learn how to get rid of these types of messages.

Odnoklassniki asks for validation or reports spam

On bad sites, a message pops up stylized as Odnoklassniki. When you click on it, you are informed that your classmates have blocked you or that you have sent spam, or something else like that. And of course, on the page, classmates ask for SMS, demand a phone number. Then it happens according to the scheme described above.

These scam messages usually disappear when you close your browser window. But it also happens that clicking on such “advertising” leads to the fact that your Odnoklassniki page does not open in the future. What to do in this case, read below.

Cheating on classmates through friends

On behalf of a person who is your friend, a message arrives asking you to send him your phone number (under the pretext of losing it, for example). As soon as you tell him your number, you receive an SMS with some kind of code. Your “friend” asks you to send him this code. After sending, money begins to be debited from your phone account. In fact, it is not your friend asking for a phone number, but a scammer on his behalf.

If money is written off regularly and for no reason, this may mean that you yourself, without knowing it, signed up for some “services”. True, no one will ever provide you with any services. In this case, unfortunately, you will have to change your mobile number and block the old one.

A copy of the Odnoklassniki website

Website copy. This is a site that is a complete copy of classmates appearance. Usually it's only home page. Here the tricks are as follows:

  • stealing login and password. You are trying to log in to your page, enter your username and password, press the “LOGIN” button, but you can’t log in. And the scammers already have your login information.
  • pseudo-registration. When registering, you are asked to send an SMS with a code, or indicate the number and enter the sent code into the registration form. After entering, money will be debited from you, but of course there will be no registration. Remember that the real Odnoklassniki website does not require a phone number when registering. And even more so, real classmates will never ask you to send an SMS.
  • you receive a letter from your classmates (the letter can be of any content, from a message about a hack to a notification about an assessment). You follow the link from the letter. A copy site opens - continue according to the scheme described above.

To avoid falling for deception, check, if not every time, then at least when a suspicious situation arises, for example, when the website address in the browser matches the real one, or a letter arrives informing you that your classmates have been blocked and asking you to send an SMS. If the site name contains any other symbols or words, it is very likely that this is a copy site.

A copy of the Odnoklassniki website - used to steal passwords and extract money.

Odnoklassniki page does not open

If instead of classmates an empty white window opens, then not everything is as bad as it might seem. The reasons that Odnoklassniki page does not open There may be far from the worst things:

  • you were simply denied access to your classmates (for example, at work) - there’s nothing you can do about it, just accept it.
  • your computer is infected with viruses - run an antivirus and check for viruses.
  • Browser problems - clear your browser cache. Or, try using a different browser.
  • need to remove hosts virus. How to do this - read below.

There is a solution!

  • Online classmates require you to enter your phone number
  • suddenly classmates ask for validation
  • or maybe on the website classmates asks to send SMS
  • or even Odnoklassniki page does not open
  • or other strange things happen that cause you to not be able to use your classmates

Do one of next steps, which we wrote in the second part of the article.

When classmates can really demand a phone number or send an SMS

When you:

  • registered and want to fully use classmates, you need to indicate the number and enter the code sent by SMS. This is done only once!
  • decided to change the phone number.
  • want to close your profile
  • When purchasing OKs, you need to indicate the number and enter the code received via SMS.

Save it for yourself!