Scammers suggest chatting A new scam has emerged in the WhatsApp messenger. The cybercriminals began literally rubbing the trust of potential victims, first by sending messages of the following nature: “Who are you? Your number has been saved in my contacts. ” Beware: WhatsApp has a clever scam scheme “Beware: WhatsApp has a clever scam scheme />
And if the victim” bites “, then questions follow to find out gender, age, social status. Psychologically, during such conversations, scammers create maximum comfort for the future victim.
Then a fake photo of a girl or boy comes from the scammer, and then a request to add to friends in any social network follows. Fraudsters need this in order to find out all personal information in as much detail as possible and start blackmailing the victim, constantly demanding money.
Real candid photos or records that the victim voluntarily provided to the fraudster are also used , or fakes with threats to tell your family or put it on the Internet.
The only thing you can do to avoid becoming a victim of such a deception:
- do not reply to messages of strangers if there is no such need ;
- enable display of status and avatar “Only for contacts” in the messenger settings ;
- send a complaint to WhatsApp support about a suspicious interlocutor ;
- Don't post any personal information online .
Source: Iguides