Security experts have raised an alert about a new type of fraud that is being carried out through the WhatsApp application. Please be very aware of this and remain alert for any suspicious activity.
WhatsApp, as we already know, is an instant messaging application launched to the public in 2009. Since then, the application has caused a great furor among all those who tend to use the internet as a means of communication, given that this application (WhatsApp)’s main objective is to offer high quality communication between its users.
Although WhatsApp has turned out to be a fairly efficient tool for communicating with people who are outside the city, state, country or continent, it has also become a ‘double-edged sword’ for some people who do not use it appropriately. application.
We say the above because, currently, many people benefit (even if they harm others) from WhatsApp. We tell you this in the sense that we have been aware of many scams by people who dedicate themselves to this.
The security of the WhatsApp application is quite good, but there are people who manage to circumvent it and end up harming someone else.
On this occasion we talk to you about the scams that occur continuously and in different situations, as well as in different ways of operating, such as the one we will tell you below.
Have you been added to a WhatsApp group you don’t know?
If your answer is yes, then stay tuned! You are on your way to being a victim of a scam that starts by joining a WhatsApp group with people you don’t know and is quite strange.
These WhatsApp groups usually come disguised with job offers or loan offers or some other ‘benefit’ for you, and we emphasize ‘benefit’ since the only beneficiaries will be the scammers.
This is the mode of operation that has recently been made known by the specialized authorities.
At the same time, in these groups they are responsible for deceiving people into entering the world of cryptocurrencies to subsequently request personal information and money as an offer, as well as they may also ask you for a verification code that you have received. to the cellphone.
Don’t share it! Never share the codes that reach your cell phone with anyone else, this way you will only be exposing your cell phone, personal data and even high-value banking information.
Do not answer any calls that come from the administrator or any user of that type of group.
Apparently, people (scammers) cannot do anything to you just by having your WhatsApp, but the reality is that as soon as they have your number and begin to engage in conversation with you through deception, you will be vulnerable to the theft of important information.
So now you know. Be very careful with any message they send you on WhatsApp or if they add you to a totally unknown group, the best thing in these cases is not to find out what it is about and get out of there quickly.
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