Recently, Instagram users have been shocked by the hectic use of Add Yours stickers in Stories with challenges such as sharing HP wallpaper photos, OOTD, and much more.
However, from these challenges, there is one challenge that is quite dangerous to follow, namely mentioning a nickname. And it turns out that there has just been a case of fraud caused by the Add Yours sticker.
Currently the Twitter post from the ditamoechtar_ account is being discussed by netizens because his friend has been tricked by criminals who call him by familiar names.
"This morning my friend called, crying after being cheated on. It's normal, it's a scammer who asks for a transfer. What makes my friend believe it, the cheater calls him "pim". "Pim" is a small call from my friend, only close people know Then he remembers he has joined this (Add Yours)," wrote the account ditamoechtar_.
So what makes bad people like fraudsters able to use the Add Yours sticker to trick others to launch the social engineering process?
For those of you who don't know, all information, be it photos, videos, and nicknames filled in through the challenge, will be stored in the Add Yours collection.
As a result, the collection also creates a 'database' that fraudsters can use to help them carry out their actions. The reason is that all photos uploaded to Add Yours can be seen by other people, including bad people.
Therefore, the challenge that requires users to provide personal information such as nickname, date of birth, or place of residence should not be followed because you will only provide more information to the public, including fraudsters.