Stay Safe against these two WhatsApp Scams — Computer Bits Daily

Computer Bits Daily
2 min readJan 2, 2022

More than half of the world’s population uses WhatsApp on a regular basis. Because of its rising popularity, it has become one of the most popular social media platforms for hackers who use social engineering and viral communications to threaten and steal money from innocent users.

Users of WhatsApp are currently being targeted by two scams. Here’s everything that you need to know about scams and how they work, as well as how to be secure on WhatsApp.

Beware! These 2 WhatsApp Scams Could dangerous for Your Bank Balance and Personal Info.

Quick Reading:

Scam type 1:

“ Scammers start the process by delivering a spam link with Rediroff.ru in the URL to WhatsApp users. The user becomes an open book to the hackers once they click on it and follow the instructions. “

Scam type 2:

“ The fraudsters send a WhatsApp message asking, “Excuse me, who are you? / “Sorry, who are you?”. They then add something more like, “I found in my contacts.” Or “I discovered you on my to-do list” to make you feel better and earn your trust. And by this way, they begin collecting the user’s personal information. This information can be used to commit fraud. “

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Now you know How to stay safe against such scams. I hope this information is helpful for you.
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