In the era of Internet, emails and social
networking have taken a prominent role in almost everyone’s life, especially
when it comes to the exchange of information and personal messages. So, hacking
the password of an email or social networking account alone can reveal a lot of
personal details about the person. Even though hacking is considered
illegal, some people are left with no other option. This can be a parent
wanting to gain access to the child’s email or someone who need the password of
their partner’s social media account.
Well, this post is not about teaching you how to
hack! But, it is about making you aware of some of the password hacking
scams and fake hacking tutorials that are waiting to exploit those
people who are in desperate need of hacking someone’s online password. Here is
a list of some of the online scams that you should be aware of and always stay
away from:
1. Password Hacking Services:
Many of the scam websites have managed to rank on
top of Google for some of the most popular keywords about hacking. As a result,
these websites attract a lot of people (who are in need of someone’s password)
and promise them to give what they want! As most people do not have any
knowledge about hacking, they often believe what is mentioned on these websites
is true. Taking this factor as an added advantage, these websites (the so
called hacking services) rip off money from the people and
never keep up their promise.
Why password hacking services do not work?
The big reason behind why these services never
work is that, most of them are owned by those scammers and noob hackers who do
not have sound knowledge of how the hacking process actually works. Also, with
the level of security adopted by the services like Gmail, Yahoo or Facebook, it
is near impossible to to hack their database to obtain the password. Unlike,
what is mentioned on most of these websites, it is not possible to use the
brute force approach as well. Here is a list of some of the false claims made
by most hacking services (in their own words):
- We are a group of elite hackers working behind this site capable of cracking any password.
- We have found out a certain vulnerability in the Facebook or Gmail servers using which we crack the password.
- We use brute force approach to crack the password.
- After a long time of research and hard work, we have managed to develop a program that can crack any password with just a click of a button.
If you come across a site making claims as
mentioned above, it is a clear sign of a scam service. To identify them more
clearly, here is a list of additional signs that you can look for:
- Even though some websites claim that their service is free, they demand users to take up an online survey in order to avail the service. In reality, these websites are created to earn money by forcing people to participate in a survey program.
- These websites accept payment only through services like Western Union and Money Gram but not via credit card. This is a clear sign of fraud as the money sent through these services cannot be tracked and refund cannot be claimed later.
So, the bottom line is that, if you come across a
website that seems too good to be true or show some signs as mentioned above,
it is always a better choice to stay away from them.
2. Fake Hacking Tutorials:
This is another type of scam that most teenagers
fall victim for. This is because, most teenagers do not have enough money to
afford the hacking services and hence go in search of free options and hacking
tutorials that can easily get them the password they want. This is where the fake
hacking tutorials come into play.
This tutorial is designed cleverly to trick users
and make them believe it is true. But, in reality, when someone follows the
method prescribed in the tutorial, they lose their own password in attempt to
hack someone else’s password. Here is a small example of how this fake tutorial
goes:
Here is an easy way to
hack any Gmail password. This method was revealed by a professional hacker to
me which when tried was successful.
- Log in to your Gmail account and compose a new email.
- In the subject, type exactly as follows: “password retrieval”.
- In the body of the email, type your username followed by your password in the first line.
- Leave exactly 3 lines of gap and type in the target username that you want to hack. Then send this email to: passretrieve2013@gmail.com.
When you do this, the
Gmail server gets confused and will send the target password to your inbox
within the next few hours.
Now, let us carefully look at how the above trick
works. This trick is designed intelligently by a noob hacker and is often
posted on many forums and low quality websites. Here, the creator of this
tutorial tells a lie to the people that there exists a bug in the Gmail system
that can be exploited by using the tutorial. However, by following this trick,
innocent victims are sending their own password to the hacker’s email address
(passretrieve2013@gmail.com) and thus get trapped.
This is another type of scam that seems too good
to be true. Unfortunately, most people would follow this trick and end up
handing over their login details to an unknown person. If you’ve ever tried
this method, it is a wise option to change your password immediately in order
to prevent any further damage.
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