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27 May 2022

FRAUD ALERT! Your WhatsApp account can be hijacked via a phone call

When victims receive a call from hackers, they are instructed to dial numbers beginning with '67' or '405'. The number dialed by victims is a service request for Airtel's 'call forwarding' feature.

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10 May 2022

Call Airtel ‘Customer Care’ and you could be logged out of WhatsApp

UPI frauds are on the rise these days. User received a call from fraudster who claimed to be from Airtel. It is important to avoid clicking on spurious links.

18 Mar 2022

Heard of Kashmir Files WhatsApp scam? Here’s how to stay safe

He claimed that some people had lost their savings as a result of clicking on a few links delivered to them via WhatsApp. These links were disguising themselves as free Kashmir Files movie streaming. According to police officers, WhatsApp users should avoid clicking on links published on the app or social media.

31 Dec 2021

WhatsApp scam: “Excuse me, who are you?”; Here’s how fraudsters steal money

One of the most common is the one that starts with an innocent "Sorry, who are you?" and can make us relax. WABetaInfo, which specialises in forecasting all of the news that will enter WhatsApp, has become the target of a fraud involving the introduction phrase we mentioned before.

19 Nov 2021

WhatsApp Scam Alert! Cybercriminals steal money via THIS trick

Suffolk Trading Standards in the United Kingdom has issued a warning to WhatsApp users that fraudsters are targeting them via false messages posing as a member of their family. A mother from Kessingland received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number claiming to be her daughter. The Suffolk County Council has revealed some staggering losses as a result of WhatsApp scams and other types of fraud.

16 Apr 2021

Stalkers tracking WhatsApp status? Here’s how a flaw helping them

According to a report, the stalkers are reportedly using WhatsApp Online Status Tracker websites to track users' activity and access their personal data and they can get to know who is texting whom without their knowledge. WhatsApp status trackers are tracking users’ status even when they are not online. The report further takes examples of few users and these trackers showed that they can get to know the exact time and date the user was online.

26 Mar 2021

Alert! THIS WhatsApp message about Amazon’s 30th anniversary could be a scam

The survey includes questions on gender, age, quality of Amazon service, and the smartphone platform that the individual is using. The next step is to open the boxes for the free gift and once a user “wins” the gift, it asks him/her to share it with five WhatsApp groups or 20 friends. It’s always advisable to cross-check the address of the link as Amazon doesn’t send such messages and the link mentioned is Gamevip.xyz

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