Recovery
Warning your contacts
In Turkish: Kişilerinizi uyarma
Telling friends, family and colleagues, by a normal call, that your account was hijacked so they do not fall for messages sent in your name.
After a takeover, the attacker often messages your contacts as you, asking for codes, money or clicks. Because the message comes from a name they trust, people believe it.
A quick warning stops the spread. Use a phone call or another channel, not the hijacked account itself, and tell people not to send codes, money or open links from your account until you say it is fixed.
What to do
- Call your closest contacts and post a short notice on a channel you still control.
- Ask anyone who already sent a code or money to contact their bank or the service right away.
- Tell them again when the account is back under your control.