Several LINE accounts hacked

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Several users of a mobile messaging application called LINE have made police reports after finding themselves entangled in a scam.

These users reportedly had their accounts hacked into. Their contacts were subsequently tricked into buying iTunes gift cards after receiving messages purportedly sent by the users.

One victim of the scam told Channel NewsAsia: "I went into my Line account and tried to change my password and email address, but I couldn't do it as the hacker had actually embedded his email address in it."

In July alone, 15 such cases have been reported to the police. In the worst case, a victim was cheated of some $3,000.