WhatsApp is currently used by hackers from all over the world to take advantage of users who are not careful, are naive, or ignorant, to steal their accounts very simply. From the warning of the past few days regarding the theft of accounts through the request from users for confirmation codes to activate WhatsApp on the hackers' phones, now they are moving forward with phishing campaigns, or other tricks that have the same goal.
WhatsApp is now at the center of phishing campaigns, the first of which is based on counterfeit emails that appear to come from the US company, when in reality they come from hackers. Regardless of what is being asked through these emails from people who use WhatsApp, they should completely ignore the messages, and this is because the company behind the platform does not send emails to users, so you have nothing to receive.
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WhatsApp is targeted by another phishing campaign through which people are asked for money for monthly or annual subscriptions for the application, although these have not existed for many years. WhatsApp was launched a decade ago as an app with an annual fee, but after it was bought by Facebook, the subscriptions disappeared, so anyone who asks you for such a thing only wants to steal the money from your card, so don't let it fooled by this request.
• WhatsApp doesn't send an email to users. If you've received it from someone who claims to be WhatsApp, it's fake!
• WhatsApp doesn't have a subscription plan, so if someone says you need to pay him to extend the license, it's fake.- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) April 3, 2020
WhatsApp it is a favorite target of hackers because there are over 2 billion people, the vast majority without technical knowledge, so they can be extremely easily tricked into losing their accounts or money. As long as there are so many people who don't know what's behind these scams, WhatsApp will remain a favorite target for hackers, and everyone needs to be careful what kind of messages they trust, even those from acquaintances. .
WhatsApp, the company behind the platform, can't really do anything in this situation, so users have to protect themselves and take care of both their money and their accounts.
