Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli have been found to have been involved in the fraud on Facebook by using AI-generated photos that appear to be the clashes. <\/p>\n
The sponsored ad was spread by a group of international cybercriminals with the intention of obtaining Facebook users’ personal details, hacking mobile phones or computers, and emptying bank accounts. <\/p>\n
In the advertisement seen on Facebook feed, Oli and Lamichhane are seen arguing on a live TV program and they are being stopped by security personnel. <\/p>\n
The advertisement has misleading headlines such as the live broadcast did not go as planned, the dispute between KP Sharma Oli and Ravi Lamichhane cannot be hidden from the audience. <\/p>\n
The name and logo of the official website of the English daily newspaper The Himalayan Times appear at the bottom of the advertisement, giving users the illusion that it is real news. <\/p>\n
A technical and background analysis of this sponsored advertisement confirms that it is a well-planned cyber scam. This advertisement has been sponsored by a Facebook page called ‘Schutte Luxury Lifestyle’. The details of the page include the address and phone number of Pune, Maharashtra, an Indian company that sells clothes and perfumes. If you look at Meta’s Facebook page transparency details, it seems that the main person running this page is in Ukraine. <\/p>\n
Although the name of ‘The Himalayan Times’ is shown in the advertisement, another suspicious and fake website nokshibd.com… opens. The fake website has been formatted in the same format as the original media and published fake news about the controversy in the Yaksha Prashna program. <\/p>\n
Clicking on such suspicious links or filling in the requested details puts users at serious financial and personal risk. If a user visits a fake website and enters his name, phone number, or banking details, all those details reach the hands of cybercriminals. As soon as the link is opened, the malware can be downloaded invisibly on the mobile or computer and the device itself can be hacked. The main motive behind this game seems to be to steal personal or banking details and make money disappear from a bank account. <\/p>\n
Pay attention to whether the name shown in the advertisement and the address of the website that opens in the browser after clicking is the same.\u00a0Don’t trust sponsored posts directly. Such sensational photovideos of established leaders or celebrities are often created by AI. The advertisements in the name of the brand or media can be seen by going to the ‘Page Transparency’ seen on the Facebook page, from which page and how many followers it has. Never enter sensitive information such as your bank account, OTP, or password on any suspicious website. As soon as you see such misleading and suspicious advertisements, help Facebook stay safe and protect others by ‘Report Ad’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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