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Fraud scheme uncovered in WhatsApp

Раскрыта схема мошенничества в WhatsAppIt became known as deceive users in WhatsApp.

Experts of the company Eset have discovered a new species of Internet fraud in WhatsApp messenger. This was reported by representatives of the company.

Instant messenger users receive a message asking you to activate video calls. After the user confirms the function “activate video calls now”, the app under the guise of checking the activity of the user offers to recommend the website five groups created in WhatsApp or ten users from the contact list.

App supposedly sets the video call function and when I try to call on the video, the messenger reports that the user data is outdated. When refreshing a fraudulent program signs the user on expensive SMS services. For each incoming message from the user’s account to withdraw money.

Recall that WhatsApp to date does not support video calls.

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