Nowadays, attempts to steal your personal data are unfortunately more and more numerous. And in the case that we are going to discuss today, it is the users of WhatsApp who must be extra careful.
Indeed, it appears that a number of fake support accounts are impersonating the Meta Group’s instant messaging service. The objective: to try to seize your personal data…
WhatsApp: when fake accounts try to steal your data
As spotted WABetaInfowhose information is relayed here by the site iMore, fake support accounts continue to emerge on WhatsApp. If this is unfortunately not the first time this has happened, these accounts, which on the surface appear to be authentic, are in reality only a means of trapping you. By pretending to be the official WhatsApp account, these malicious accounts aim to recover your personal data.
In an effort to mislead WhatsApp users, these accounts at first glance appear to have the badge usually reserved for verified accounts. However, be careful, you can easily check the authenticity of these, i.e. by making sure that the badge is written next to the contact’s name and not on the profile photo ( see picture below).
In the opposite case, note that it is then necessarily an attempt at fraud. By this trick, the fake accounts in question will seek to obtain details about you and will try to seize your bank details. Similarly, they could also ask you to enter your six-digit code in order to connect directly to your WhatsApp account. We therefore recommend that you remain attentive to this kind of fraudulent maneuvers, not to provide any information under any circumstances and not to hesitate for a moment to report these fake accounts pretending to be WhatsApp.
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It’s simple, WhatsApp is a fantastic instant messaging application that also offers basic voice and video calls. The less demanding will find their account, the others much less with the impoverished desktop version and the limitation of group calls to eight participants.
It’s simple, WhatsApp is a fantastic instant messaging application that also offers basic voice and video calls. The less demanding will find their account, the others much less with the impoverished desktop version and the limitation of group calls to eight participants.
Source : iMore
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