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(Photo taken from LINE Global’s official Facebook fan page)
There are endless phishing scam tactics, and the methods are also changing with each passing day. If you have recently received a message from a stranger in the LINE chat room asking to scan the QR code to add friends, you need to be more vigilant and be careful of scams to avoid accidentally losing your LINE account. If it falls into the hands of fraudsters, your personal information may be improperly stolen.
In view of the fact that unscrupulous elements continue to spread the scam on the Internet by scanning QR codes to add LINE friends. In this regard, LINE officially issued a special appeal to remind users that they must open their eyes and stay alert when seeing strange messages from unknown sources, especially The content of the message advertises working to make money or is packaged in various rhetoric. A common method is to use the QR Code to ask the user to scan the barcode to add as a friend, or to request information such as authentication code and verification code. Usually, such messages are scams. The usual trick of seduction is a stepping stone. If you accidentally scan an unknown mobile barcode, it may allow unscrupulous people to log in to your LINE account through other devices, leading to security risks of account theft.
(Picture taken from LINE official blog)
In addition, users who are accustomed to using the Chrome browser version of LINE should also pay special attention. If they receive an unknown URL link that appears to be a scan code to log in to the LINE App page, it may also be a scam trap. Recently, some unscrupulous people have created a fake QR code login page for the web version of the Chrome browser, and by distributing the URL link information of the fake version, they lure unsuspecting users into a scam. If you want to use the Chrome web version to log in to the LINE App, you must use the official LINE installation version from the Chrome Online App Store (click here).
Unscrupulous people create fake QR code scanning pages, allowing users to unknowingly be logged into the fake Chrome version of LINE. Users are reminded that to use the Chrome browser web version of LINE App, they must install it from the Chrome Online App Store. (Picture taken from LINE official blog)
If you accidentally click on a strange message that scans the QR code to add friends, LINE officials have also proposed three self-rescue steps. The key points are as follows:
The first step is to check “Logged in devices” to see if there is a device that is not logged in by you. If so, please log out the device immediately.
The operation path is: “Settings” in the upper right corner of the LINE homepage > My Account > Device being logged in > Log out of devices that are not your own or unknown.
(Picture taken from LINE official blog)
The second step is to turn off the “Allow login from other devices” function.
The operation path is: “Settings” in the upper right corner of the LINE homepage > My Account > Turn off “Allow login from other devices”.
(Picture taken from LINE official blog)
The third step is to check the login notification reminder message sent by the LINE official account to see if there is any login process by someone other than yourself.
(Picture taken from LINE official blog)
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